Published in 2017
240 pages
CN Lester is an academic, writer, musician, and leading LGBTI activist. Co-founder of the UK’s first national queer youth organisation, they curate the trans art event Transpose, and work internationally as a trans and feminist educator and speaker. Their work has featured on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, SBS, The Guardian, ABC, The Independent, Newsnight, New Internationalist, and The Toast.
A singer-songwriter and a classical performer and composer, CN specialises in early and modern music, particularly by women composers. They live in London and drink too much coffee. Trans Like Me is their first book.
What is this book about?
What does it mean to be transgender? How do we discuss the subject?
In this eye-opening book, C.N. Lester, academic and activist, takes us on a journey through some of the most pressing issues concerning the trans debate: from pronouns to Caitlyn Jenner; from feminist and LGBTQ activists, to the rise in referrals for gender variant children — all by way of insightful and moving passages about the author’s own experience.
Trans Like Me shows us how to strive for authenticity in a world which often seeks to limit us by way of labels.
