Transgender Rights: From Obama to Trumpby 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.

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