Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Sociology, Psychology, Gender, Gender Studies, Transition, Transitioning, Queer, Queer Theory, Theory, LGBT Studies, Essays, Anthology, Anthologies, United States, North American, Keep 

Nobody Passes is a collection of essays that confronts and challenges the very notion of belonging. By examining the perilous intersections of identity, categorization, and community, contributors challenge societal mores and countercultural norms. Nobody Passes explores and critiques the various systems of power seen (or not seen) in the act of “passing.” In a pass-fail situation, standards for acceptance may vary, but somebody always gets trampled on. This anthology seeks to eliminate the pressure to pass and thereby unearth the delicious and devastating opportunities for transformation that might create.
Mattilda, aka Matt Bernstein Sycamore, has a history of editing anthologies based on brazen nonconformity and gender defiance. Mattilda sets out to ask the question, “What lies are people forced to tell in order to gain acceptance as 'real'.” The answers are as varied as the life experiences of the writers who tackle this urgent and essential topic. 

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 336-341).

Reaching too far : an introduction / Mattilda, a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore -- All mixed up with no place to go : inhabiting mixed consciousness on the margins / Nico Dacumos -- Friction burn : a nonfiction admission / Stacey May Fowles -- Who's that wavin' that flag? : on the signs, stories, and strategies of the current immigrant rights movement / Jessica Hoffmann -- Undermining gender regulation / Dean Spade -- Passing last summer / Dominika Bednarska -- Innocent victims and brave new laws : state protection and the battered women's movement / Priya Kandaswamy -- Different types of hunger : finding my way through generations of Okie migration / Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz -- What I learned from being G minus in the world of homohop commerce / Ralowe T. Ampu -- No longer just American / Stephanie Abraham -- The end of genderqueer / Rocko Bulldagger -- My kind of cruising / Liz Rosenfeld -- Pino's father / Tommi Avicolli Mecca -- Trans-portation / Terre Thaemlitz -- Melchizedek's three rings / Carole McDonnell -- Behind these mascaraed eyes : passing life in prison / Nikki Lee Diamond -- Race haunted, otherwise / Eric Stanley -- Why Mahmud can't be a pilot / Naeem Mohaiemen -- F2mestizo / Logan Gutierrez-Mock -- Persephone / Helen Boyd -- Hat / Tucker Lieberman -- "And then you cut your hair" : genderfucking on the femme side of the spectrum / Amy André and sandy Chang -- Surface tensions / Jen Cross -- Origins / Kirk Read -- Lack of close friends or confidants / Jennifer Blowdryer -- From hot pink to code pink : notes on passing for monolingual folk / Irina Contreras -- Not quite queer / Benjamin Shepard.