ABSTRACT
The pace of life during the Trump era proved exhausting for many people, but especially for transgender children and their families, many of whom had been participating in a range of resistance activities since shortly after the 2016 election. However, as these families and communities began to feel the effects of long-term struggle in the face of legislation targeting transgender people, many began to ask what happens when the established modes of legal and political resistance no longer seemed to be working. This chapter explores the markedly different forms of political protest and radical hope undertaken by children, families, and communities in support of transgender rights in the Trump presidency. Framing participant action using Michnik’s and Khanna’s concepts of creativity and unruliness, this chapter analyzes ethnographic data to provide a vision of possible futures for even the most marginalized.
