Transgender Rights - by Susan Gluck Mezey

About the Book

This book examines the Obama and Trump administrations' stance on transgender rights policies, contrasting the Obama administration's efforts to expand equal rights for the transgender community, with the Trump administration's determination to reverse the Obama-era initiatives.

Book Synopsis

This book examines the Obama and Trump administrations' stance on transgender rights policies, contrasting the Obama administration's efforts to expand equal rights for the transgender community, with the Trump administration's determination to reverse the Obama-era initiatives.

Review Quotes

Transgender Rights: From Obama to Trump by Susan Gluck Mezey, is an expertly argued, thorough, and systematic analysis of the development and constraints of transgender rights in four domains: the workplace, schools, public facilities, and the Armed Services.

Law and Politics Book Review

This book offers a fascinating presentation of the important recognition of the rights of trans people to dignity and equality--and the enormous threats they face in the current administration.

Lorie Chaiten, former Director of the Women's and Reproductive Rights Project of the ACLU of Illinois

This is an excellent, and much-needed, book. It contrasts the actions of the Obama and Trump administrations, diametrically opposed to each other with respect to the rights of transgender individuals. With thorough research and clear writing, this book will certainly appeal to those with professional or personal interests regarding transgender people. This text should also appeal to those who have scholarly interests related to executive policymaking, as Professor Mezey's book illustrates the possibilities, and the limits, of policymaking that occurs outside the halls of Congress.

Barry Tadlock, Department of Political Science, Ohio University

Susan Mezey has again delivered a magisterial survey of the fight for LGBTQ rights in our nation's courts with a sweeping, up-to-date analysis of the legal battles waged by transgender people in states and localities and before federal tribunals.

Patrick Egan, Department of Politics, New York University

Recommended. All readership levels.

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About the Author

Susan Gluck Mezey is a professor emeritus of political science at Loyola University Chicago; she holds a Ph.D. from Syracuse University and a J.D. from DePaul University. Her publications include books on the rights of lesbians and gay men, women's rights, children's rights, and the rights of people with disabilities.