Works by
Stephen Whittle
(Writer)
[1955 - ]

• The Margins of the City: Gay Men's Urban Lives (1994)

• Transvestism, Transsexualism and the Law (1995) with Melanie McMullan

• Reclaiming Genders: Transsexual Grammars at the Fin De Siecle (1999), Edited with Kate More

• The Transgender Debate: The Crisis Surrounding Gender Identity (2001)
  Transgender has become a cultural obsession. From the high camp of Rue Paul to the working class transsexual icon, Hayley of Coronation Street, it pervades our lives. Yet for many it remains a freakish interest on the sidelines. For transsexual and transgender people, though, it is a reality bound up in complexities, legal contradictions, family discord, and a desperate need to explain what it means to be a man or a woman, or neither, or both.
  
  Addressing the historical, social, legal and medical issues surrounding this new community, this book throws a light onto the complex issues, clarifying them in a way that all those who think they know what they mean, will be called to question the certainties that gender roles are no longer about.

• Respect and Equality: Transsexual and Transgender Rights (2002) -- Winner 2002 CLAGS Sylvia Rivera Award (The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies)

• The Transgender Studies Reader (2006), Edited with Susan Stryker -- Winner 2006 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Awards

See also:

• Queer Theory (2004), Annabelle Willox and Iain Morland, eds.
  What is queer theory? What does it do? Is queer theory only for queers? This vibrant anthology of ground breaking work by influential scholars, activists, performers, and visual artists is essential reading for anyone with an interest in sexuality studies. The fifteen articles--including one from Judith Butler, as well as an engaging introduction--map, contextualize, and challenge queer theory's project both within and beyond the academy. Summaries and suggestions for further reading make the volume an ideal course textbook.