The Life and Death of Latisha King: A Critical Phenomenology of Transphobia

by Gayle Salamon

Book Overview

What can the killing of a transgender teen can teach us about the violence of misreading gender identity as sexual identity? The Life and Death of Latisha King examines a single incident, the shooting of 15-year-old Latisha King by 14-year-old Brian McInerney in their junior high school classroom in Oxnard, California in 2008. The press coverage of the shooting, as well as the criminal trial that followed, referred to Latisha, assigned male at birth,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479892521
• ISBN13: 9781479892525
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.9"