Introduction

In 2009 trans and nontrans scholars explored transgender visibility at an international bilingual conference organized by the editors that took place in Paris. It was titled “Transgenres: Nouvelles Identités et Visibilités/Transgenderism, New Identities and Visibilities.” And the results were extremely fruitful. However, in continued investigation of the topic of trans-gender visibility after the conference, it became clear that two other focal points equally needed attention: the idea of place and ethnicity. Representing this expansion, the present volume approaches transgender experience from three different angles, taking into account the pertinence of place, ethnicity, and visibility.