Shon Faye

An era-defining, agenda-setting call for trans liberation which will reshape our current conversation on transgender rights. Trans people in Britain today have become a culture war 'issue'. Despite making up less than one per cent of the country's population, they are the subjects of a toxic and increasingly polarised 'debate' which generates reliable controversy for newspapers and talk shows. This...

The acclaimed Top 10 Sunday Times best-seller on our search for love Shon Faye grew up quietly obsessed with the feeling that love was not for her. Not just romantic love- the secret fear of her own unworthiness penetrated every aspect and corner of her life. It was a fear that would erupt in destructive, counterfeit versions of the real...

The instant Sunday Times bestseller, updated with a new introduction. Trans people in Britain today have become a culture war 'issue'. Despite making up less than one per cent of the country's population, they are the subjects of a toxic and increasingly polarised 'debate' which generates reliable controversy for newspapers and talk shows. This media frenzy conceals a simple fact—that...

'We ache for love, but love eludes us. Out of this crisis comes so much of what it means to be human' Shon Faye grew up quietly obsessed with the feeling that love was not for her. Not just romantic love—the secret fear of her own unworthiness penetrated every aspect and corner of her life. It was a fear that...