The immediate success that became a Sunday Times bestseller, updated with a new introduction. 'Few books are as urgent as Shon Faye's debut... Faye has hope for the future – and maybe we should too' Independent. 'Unequaled, important and weighty... a vital antidote' Observer. 'A moving and remarkably comprehensive overview of trans life' Vogue.

Trans people in Britain today have become the subject of a culture war. Although they make up less than one percent of the country's population, they are the target of a toxic and increasingly polarized 'debate' that generates credible disbelief for newspapers and talk shows. This media frenzy hides a simple truth: that we have the wrong debate, a debate in which trans people are reduced to a reference point and deprived of a meaningful voice.

In this powerful new book, Shon Faye reclaims the idea of the 'trans issue' to reveal the reality of what it means to be trans in a transphobic society. By doing so, she provides a compelling, large-scale analysis of trans lives from youth to old age, exploring work, family, housing, healthcare, the criminal justice system, and the participation of trans people in LGBTQ+ and feminist communities, in contemporary Britain and beyond.

'The Trans Issue' is a landmark work marking the beginning of a new, healthier conversation around the lives of trans people. It is a manifesto for change and a call for justice and solidarity among all marginalized people and minorities. Trans liberation, as Faye sees it, goes to the root of what our society is and what it could be; it offers the possibility of a fairer, freer, and happier world for all of us.

'Basically it is not a culture war book. It works outside the narrow coverage of trans people in mainstream media and reveals the undeniable facts' New Statesman. 'Monumental and absolutely convincing – crystal clear in its understanding of how the world should be' Judith Butler.