Trans：A Memoir

“Sixweeksbeforesexreassignmentsurgery(SRS),Iamobligedtostoptakingmyhormones.Isuddenlyfeelverydifferentlyaboutmyforthcomingoperation.”InJuly2012,agedthirty,JulietJacquesunderwentsexreassignmentsurgery—aprocessshechronicledwithunflinchinghonestyinaserialisednationalnewspapercolumn.Transtellsofherlifetothepresentmoment:astoryofgrowingup,ofdefiningyourself,andoftherapidlychangingworldofgenderpolitics.Freshfromuniversity,eagertoescapeadead-endjob,shelaunchesacareerasawriterinapublishingculturedominatedbyLondoncliquesandstillfiguringouttheimpactoftheInternet.Shenavigatesthetreacherouswatersofaworldwhere,evenintheliberalandfeministmedia,transgenderidentitiesgounacknowledged,misunderstoodorworse.Yetthroughart,film,music,politicsandfootball,Jacquesstartstobecomethepersonshehadonlyimagined,andbeginstheprocessoftransition.Interweavingthepersonalwiththepolitical,hermemoirisapowerfulexplorationofdebatesthatcomprisetranspolitics,issueswhichpromisetoredefineourunderstandingofwhatitmeanstobealive.Revealing,honest,humorous,andself-deprecating,TransincludesanepiloguewithSheilaHeti,authorofHowShouldaPersonBe?,inwhichJacquesandHetidiscussthecruxesofwritingandidentity.