NEW! Texas A&M graduate and proud Aggie Phyllis Frye is the first openly transgender judge to be appointed in the United States. The first attorney to obtain corrected birth certificates for transgender people who had not undergone gender confirmation surgery, a survivor of conversion therapy, and author of a law review article that helped thousands of employers adopt supportive policies for their workers, Phyllis Frye is truly a pioneer in the fight for transgender rights.

Based on interviews with Frye, Phyllis Frye and the Fight for Transgender Rights covers her early life, the discrimination she faced while struggling with her identity—including being discharged from the army, her transition in 1976, her many years of activism, and her current position as an associate judge for the municipal courts of Houston.

This gripping account of Frye’s efforts to establish and protect the constitutional rights of transgender individuals not only fills a gap in existing histories of LGBTQ+ activism but will also inform and inspire contemporary trans activists.

Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University

360 pp. 22 color, 9 b&w photos. Index.

Regular price: $34.95 cloth. 

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