Transgressed - by Xavier L Guadalupe-Diaz (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Transgender survivors of violence tell their stories

Transgender people face some of the highest rates of violence in the US and around the world, particularly within romantic relationships. In Transgressed, Xavier L. Guadalupe-Diaz offers a ground-breaking examination of intimate partner violence in the lives of transgender people.

Drawing on interviews and written accounts from transgender survivors of intimate partner violence, he sheds much-needed light on the dynamics of abuse that entrap trans partners in violent relationships. Transgressed shows how rigidly gendered discussions of violence have served to marginalize and silence stories of abuse. Ultimately, these stories of survival follow their unique journeys as they navigate--and break free--from the cycle of abuse, providing us with a better understanding of their experiences.

An emotionally compelling read, Transgressed offers new ways of understanding the complexities of intimate partner violence through the eyes of transgender survivors.

Review Quotes

"Transgressed fills a major gap in the extant literature on intimate partner violence. Xavier Guadalupe-Diaz's offering is a valuable resource for students, researchers, practitioners, and policy makers, and it is destined to become a classic piece of scholarship that does much to advance queer criminology."--Walter DeKeseredy, author of Abusive Endings: Separation and Divorce Violence Against Women

"Transgressed is a brave book. Guadalupe-Diaz takes the necessary, critically important first step in bringing intimate partner violence against transgender people into the research spotlight. But braver still are the transmen and transwomen who dared to share their stories and whose voices will resonate with readers long after they have finished this book."--Claire M. Renzetti, author of Feminist Criminology

"Guadalupe-Diaz fills an important gap in the literature on intimate partner violence in the trans community. This study is the only book on the market that specifically focuses on the ways in which IPV is experienced when trans individuals are the victims/survivors... a must read for students and scholars of IPV or LGBTQ studies as well as anyone interested in these subjects."-- "Choice"

About the Author

Xavier Guadalupe-Diaz, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Framingham State University in Massachusetts. He's the author of Transgressed: Intimate Partner Violence in Transgender Lives (NYU Press, 2019).