“I wanted to take this opportunity to pull a couple paperbacks from my shelf that I love and that you should check out. Here is Surviving Transphobia…

“I devoured it and found it very inspirational and hopeful.”

– Elliot Page

“I can't overstate the importance of this book. It's a collection of real experiences, written by real people who aren't cis, and compiled by someone who is also part of the community.

“If you're looking for a collection of upbeat, hopeful, sunshine and roses stories, then this isn't what you're looking for.

“If you want unapologetically real, raw experiences, then you've found the perfect collection.

“I really hope that this inspires change, and gives strength to those who need it, as they experience many of the same things shared in this book.”

– 5-star NetGalley Review

“This anthology is a brilliant look into the lives of trans and nonbinary people who have recently been facing increasingly more vitriol. Some of these essays made me genuinely tear up, others made me feel angry at the injustices trans people have to face daily due to deep-seated societal ignorance and unwillingness to accept difference.

“I would assign this eye-opening collection as mandatory reading to any person who holds prejudice and is apprehensive towards trans/NB people, because you will find they are just as human as you and deserve the same respect and legal acknowledgment as any other human being.”

-5-star NetGalley Review

“Transphobia is everywhere and every transperson is threatened by it, no matter our race, age, class, sexuality, or life path. Surviving Transphobia is unique in giving us both deeply moving memoirs of transphobia from brave trans pioneers—and their strategies for dealing with it. Far from being a book of tragic endings, each and every chapter of this first rate collection sees transphobia conquered, and lucky us—we get to learn from the best how to do it for ourselves. A truly important book for both scholars and for every transperson facing transphobia.”

— Kate Bornstein - Author, Gender Outlaw

“This is a vital book at a crucial time, executed with such a skillful choice of contributors by Laura. Trans people’s lives and safety are being exploited on both sides of the Atlantic by political operators seeking cheap gains at the polls. Their attacks won’t win the votes they seek but an account of the harms they are inflicting is overdue. Laura has chosen such a diverse and articulate set of contributors to document the real harm. Anyone who doubts the human cost [of political transphobia] for a second must read this. A book I wish I’d created myself, but Laura has done it first and done it better.”

— Christine Burns - Author, Trans Britain

“It feels like every day in UK politics there is some new attack on trans people, another piece of desperate and disingenuous grasping for votes, endlessly promoting hate while the world around us floods and burns.

“The contributors to this book have survived - and thrived…

“Please read it.”

- Tania Glyde

“As a genderqueer individual myself, I have strong feelings about the themes discussed, (and thus these essays mean a great deal to me.) and have taken to heart a great deal of the wisdom from these authors who all feel invaluable to our community.

“This collection of essays has,

“1: Shone a light on some amazing individuals in the LGBT+ and trans community. (I have more sources than ever to learn about LGBT+ persons.)

“2: Given me some more wisdom about the world and how to view my own gender.

“And I think this collection of essays is invaluable to trans and cis people alike.”

– 5-star NetGalley Review

“Through this collection of diverse and elucidating essays, editor Laura Jacobs… offers a chroncle of both plitical change and personal development within the trans community…

“The essays, by trans women and men, nonbinary and gederqueer people who are writers, lawyers therapists, doctors, athletes, clergy, and overall activists, reveal a deeply vulnerable yet fiercely tenacious group.”

-Tempo, June 6, 2024

“As someone who is trans, Surviving Transphobia was an eye opening, deeply personal and resonating experience; at times difficult but still spiritually resonating. This book is something I plan to return to and will recommend it to the cisgender people in my life.”

– 5-star NetGalley Review

“I really enjoyed getting to read this during this era of trans hate as a trans person who works in community organizing. It was really hopeful and taught me some important historical wins that haven’t been spoken of much. Also got a bunch of new role models!”

– 5-star NetGalley Review

“Surviving Transphobia… consists of short essays from lots of different kinds of trans people, all about how they figured out they were trans, what it means for them, and how others around them accepted or rejected them for it…

I felt that [this topic] was approached very carefully, and the various inputs allowed for the book to feel like a discussion on what it means to be trans. I think this book is a very important one, and I would definitely recommend this to trans people and allies, or anyone looking to learn more about being transgender.”

-5-star NetGalley Review