Gender/Fucking: The Pleasures and Politics of Living in a Gendered Body

"Working across the fields of law, bioethics, and philosophy, Florence Ashley is already a force to be reckoned with. Now with Gender/Fucking they reveal a more conversational, personal style through erotica, poetry, and a Kierkegaardian engagement with the trans memoir form that achieves the aim of putting the sex back in transsexual. By introducing new ways of thinking about love, sex, relationships, and the impending future, this book meditates on the stigma against daring to have a body-and especially a transfeminine body--in public space." --Amy Marvin, PhD, author of Laughing at Trans Women: A Theory of Transmisogyny

"Channeling the erotic legacy of Anaïs Nin, Ashley's sexual confessional dilates the traditional boundaries of trans autobiography. Can gender transition change our sexualities? Can altering our bodies open new erotic scenarios that were previously closed? Has 'transgender' neutered trans politics? Shirking the conventions that have sanitized transition, Gender/Fucking invites us to grind on the supposed distinction between desire-to-be and desire-for. Transsexuality has never been sexier." --Cáaacute;el M. Keegan, Ph.D., author of Lana and Lilly Wachowski: Sensing Transgender

"In Gender∕Fucking, Florence Ashley explores the many ways in which societal presumptions and stigma complicate our experiences with gender, sexuality, and our own bodies - especially for transfeminine people. A rare book that is simultaneously insightful and silly, theoretical and visceral, sexy and heartbreaking, full of provocative and challenging ideas while also being a fun enjoyable read." --Julia Serano, author of Sexed Up: How Society Sexualizes Us, and How We Can Fight Back