THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Few books are as urgent as Shon Fayes debut ... Faye has hope for the future and maybe so should we Independent Unsparing important and weighty ... a vitally needed antidote Observer A moving and impressively comprehensive overview of trans life Vogue Trans people in Britain today have become a culture war issue. Despite making up less than one per cent of the countrys population they are the subjects of a toxic and increasingly polarized debate which generates reliable controversy for newspapers and talk shows. This media frenzy conceals a simple fact that we are having the wrong conversation a conversation in which trans people themselves are reduced to a talking point and denied a meaningful voice. In this powerful new book Shon Faye reclaims the idea of the transgender issue to uncover the reality of what it means to be trans in a transphobic society. In doing so she provides a compelling wideranging analysis of trans lives from youth to old age exploring work family housing healthcare the prison system and trans participation in the LGBTQ and feminist communities in contemporary Britain and beyond. The Transgender Issue is a landmark work that signals the beginning of a new healthier conversation about trans life. It is a manifesto for change and a call for justice and solidarity between all marginalized people and minorities. Trans liberation as Faye sees it goes to the root of what our society is and what it could be it offers the possibility of a more just free and joyful world for all of us. Fundamentally not a culturewar book. It operates outside the narrow coverage of trans people in the mainstream and lays bare the inarguable facts New Statesman Monumental and utterly convincing crystal clear in its understanding of how the world should be Judith Butler