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In July 2012, aged 30, Juliet Jacques underwent intimacy reassignment surgery and noticed for the first time that her body matched up the individual she noticed she had been since childhood. Through college or university and then in a series of inactive end clerical jobs, Jacques noticed out of place with her area and with who she actually was. Living in Brighton, seeking to launch a profession as a writer, she navigates the hostilities and misunderstandings of growing up in a time when the mainstream marketing - and even feminism - neglect to acknowledge transgender individuality. Yet through movies, music, politics and soccer, she starts to find herself and starts the procedure of move - and life beyond. Throughout her memoir, Jacques interweaves the narrative with powerful explorations of many of the major debates encircling trans: the uses of life writing, the partnership with feminism, and the before and after images that illustrated so many articles and documentaries. Brilliantly written, exposing and honest, Trans also contains an epilogue with award-winning writer Sheila Heti, in which Jacques and Heti discuss the issues facing transgender people.
