Trans Technologies

Oliver L. Haimson

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MIT Press
25 February 2025

Society & culture: general

How technology creates new possibilities for transgender people, and how trans experiences, in turn, create new possibilities for technology.

How technology creates new possibilities for transgender people, and how trans experiences, in turn, create new possibilities for technology.

Mainstream technologies often exclude or marginalize transgender users. Trans Technologies describes what happens when trans people take technology design into their own hands. Oliver L. Haimson, whose research into gender transition and technology has defined this area of study, draws on transgender studies and his own in-depth interviews with more than 100 creators of technology-including apps, games, health resources, extended reality systems, and supplies designed to address challenges trans people face-to explain what trans technology is and to explore its present possibilities and limitations, as well as its future prospects.

Haimson surveys the landscape of trans technologies to reveal the design processes that brought these technologies to life, and to show how trans people often must rely on community, technology, and the combination of the two to meet their basic needs and challenges. His work not only identifies the role of trans technology in caring for individuals within the trans community but also shows how trans technology creation empowers some trans people to create their own tools for navigating the world. Articulating which trans needs and challenges are currently being addressed by technology and which still need to be addressed; describing how trans technology creators are accomplishing this work; examining how privilege, race, and access to resources impact which trans technologies are built and who may be left out; and highlighting new areas of innovation to be explored, Trans Technologies opens the way to meaningful social change.

By: Oliver L. Haimson
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780262551861
ISBN 10: 0262551861
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 25 February 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Oliver L. Haimson is Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information.

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