A growing portion of our communities identify as transgender; they are family members, friends, neighbors and colleagues, and yet they are all-too-often stigmatized and misunderstood. Apollo Publishers will release Trans New York, a visual tour de force which meets that challenge head-on by presenting exquisite portraits of more than fifty New Yorkers who identify as trans, genderqueer, or gender nonbinary, and interviews with them in which they reveal in their own words who they are and what their transitions were like, and combat common misconceptions and stereotypes.
To make this landmark volume, internationally-renowned documentary photographer Peter Bussian returned home to New York City and met with people who identify as trans, genderqueer, or gender nonbinary. His vibrant, honest photographs were taken on the streets of New York or in iconic places like Grand Central Station, and together the photos and interviews provoke questions on gender identity, the gender spectrum, and gender expectations. In total, this is an unparalleled articulation of what defines gender and sexuality, as well as a vibrant celebration of the power of finding oneself and a compelling call for respect and acceptance. In addition to enlightening text from more than fifty members of the trans community and author and award-winning documentary photographer Peter Bussian, there are inspiring longer essays by people featured in the book and a foreword by the celebrated trans activist Abby Chava Stein, who was raised male in a Hasidic community, received a rabbinical degree in 2011, and in 2015, came out as a woman of trans experience.Videos