Advances in Trans Studies: Moving Toward Gender Expansion and Trans Hope explores transgender peoples' experiences and interactions across various social contexts and institutions. With clear implications for policy and advocacy, this volume demonstrates the promise of an empirical turn in transgender studies.

Austin H. Johnson is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Kenyon College (USA). He serves as Research Director at Campaign for Southern Equality and Senior Fellow at the Center for Applied Transgender Studies.

Baker A. Rogers is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Georgia Southern University (USA). Their research focuses on inequality, specifically examining the intersections of gender, sexuality, and religion in the U.S. South.

Tiffany Taylor is a Professor of Sociology at Kent State University at Kent (USA). Her research focuses on inequality and paid and unpaid work.