Noah Riseman with Kooncha Brown and Chantell Martin

Waverley Library welcomes you to attend a talk with author and advocate Noah Riseman with contributors Kooncha Brown and Chantell Martin.

Trans and gender diverse people have always been present in Australian life, whether they've lived quiet lives in the country, performed in cabaret shows, worked on the streets or run for parliament. But over the last century there have been remarkable changes in how they have identified and expressed themselves.

Transgender Australia is the first book to chart the changing social, medical, legal and lived experiences of trans and gender diverse people in Australia since 1910. Drawing on over a hundred oral history interviews and previously unexamined documents and media reports, it highlights how trans people have tried to live authentically while navigating a society that often treated them like outcasts. It is also a celebration of ways that transgender participation has enriched our lives in all its cultural diversity.

This will be an uplifting and engaging talk to empower and educate the Waverley community. Don't miss out!

Books will be available for purchase and signing.