This collection investigates how transgender identity is constructed and represented across diverse cultural, geographical, and historical contexts. Editors Chantal Zabus and David Coad curate a multidisciplinary volume featuring contributions from both trans and non-trans scholars and artists. By analyzing autobiographical narratives, cinematic portrayals, and personal interviews, the authors argue that transgender experience is deeply contingent upon local intersections of ethnicity, visibility, and social agency.

Scholars in gender and cultural studies identify this volume as a significant contribution to the intersectional understanding of trans identity. Readers frequently note the academic rigor of the essays and the breadth of the geographical perspectives provided by the contributors.