{"product_id":"dancing-the-dialectic-true-tales-of-a-transgender-trailblazer-9781545435496","title":"Dancing The Dialectic: True Tales of A Transgender Trailblazer","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rupert Raj\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: LGBT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Trans people today are deeply indebted to pioneers like Rupert Raj, who forged a path where none existed and dared to make the world a better place for all.\" \u003c\/i\u003e-Brice D. Smith, PhD, author of \u003ci\u003eLou Sullivan: Daring To Be A Man Among Men\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRUPERT RAJ\u003c\/b\u003e is a trailblazing, Eurasian-Canadian, trans activist and ex-psychotherapist, who transitioned from female to male in 1971 as a transsexual teenager. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Dancing the dialectic\" between gender dysphoria \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003egender euphoria, cynical despair \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e realistic hope, righteous rage \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e loving kindness, Rupert relates his lifelong fight for the rights of transgender, intersex, and two-spirit people in Canada and the USA since the 1970s. He also portrays his later-life role as an eco-activist and animal liberationist working to free Mother Earth's enslaved farmed animals and expand the circle of compassion, as exemplified by ecofeminism, environmentally-engaged Buddhism, and Native spirituality. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRaj's intersectional identity evolves from Dialectical Dancer (existential philosopher\/psychologist) to Gender Worker (trans\/intersex\/two-spirit activist) to Therapeutic Healer \u0026amp; Teacher (psychotherapist\/ gender consultant\/trainer) to Rainbow Warrior (eco-activist\/animal liberationist). \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe is (co-)editor of \u003ci\u003eTrans Activism in Canada: A Reader\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOf Souls \u0026amp; Roles, Of Sex \u0026amp; Gender: A Treasury of Transsexual, Transgenderist \u0026amp;Transvestic Verse from 1967 to 1991\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45540345348247,"sku":"9781545435496","price":1830.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781545435496.webp?v=1767119102","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/dancing-the-dialectic-true-tales-of-a-transgender-trailblazer-9781545435496","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}