In “Trans Cinema
Making Communities, Identities, and Worlds,” author Laura Horak uses the fundamentals of film studies to reveal the innovative approaches taken by trans and gender-nonconforming artists to explore how we relate to other people, what it’s like to have a body, and how we survive in an oppressive society.

In celebration of Pride Month, University of California Press is highlighting books that explore LGBTQ+ history, culture, justice and community — including scholarship that advocates for the health and well-being of trans and gender-nonconforming people.

UC Press is widely recognized for its Gender/Sexuality Studies list, which consistently earns awards for rigorous, groundbreaking titles. Its books reflect UC’s values by advancing thoughtful, research-based conversations about identity, equity, social justice and belonging.

“Our interdisciplinary queer studies program is rigorous, textured and sometimes provocative,” says Executive Editor Naomi Schneider. “Over the years, several editors have sought to publish the most exciting scholarship in their respective fields, resulting in a list that gives voice to the social, political and intellectual dynamism of queer studies. UC Press has emerged as an edgy publisher committed to the best and most forward-looking work and we continue to showcase voices that matter during this discomfiting moment.”

Explore a selection of UC Press titles for Pride Month

By UC authors

• “Coming Out to the Streets: LGBTQ Youth Experiencing Homelessness,” by Brandon Andrew Robinson, assistant professor of gender and sexuality studies at UC Riverside
• “Queering Families: Reproductive Justice in Precarious Times,” by Tamara Lea Spira, former UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow and Ph.D. graduate of the History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies departments at UC Santa Cruz
• “Trans Pleasure: On Gender Liberation and Sexual Freedom,” by Brandon Andrew Robinson, associate professor of gender and sexuality studies at UC Riverside

Additional UC Press-published titles

• “A Queer Way of Feeling: Girl Fans and Personal Archives of Early Hollywood”
• “Abolition and Queer Justice”
• “Drag: A British History”
• “Epistemology of the Closet”
• “Queering Economics: Reimagining the Dismal Science”
• “Hip Hop Studies and Queer Black Feminism”
• “Trans Cinema: Making Communities, Identities, and Worlds” — read a blog post by author Laura Horak

About UC Press

Based at the Office of the President in Oakland, UC Press publishes 40 journals and about 180–200 books each year across the arts, sciences, humanities and social sciences, with a strong focus on social justice. Learn more about UC Press.

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