Kickstarting trans*: The crowdfunding of gender/sexual reassignment surgeries

New Media and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 215-230

  Farnel, Megan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; affect; Ashley Altadonna; crowdfunding; crowds; Donnie Collins; embodiment; gender reassignment; Indiegogo; Kickstarter; publics; Shakina Nayfack; transgender; YouCaring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922333805     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444814558911     Document Type: Article

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