Genderqueer Menopause
Navigating Menopause for Trans, Gender-Nonconforming, Genderfluid, and Other Queer-Bodied Folx
A Book for Us, By Us
I’m Lasara Firefox Allen, MSW, and Genderqueer Menopause is the book I wish had existed when I started this journey. As a genderqueer trans person, I wrote the resource I needed and couldn’t find: one that centers trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive experiences of menopause, work that mainstream menopause literature has largely left out.
For readers of What Fresh Hell Is This? and Next Level, this is a queer, gender-affirming guide to navigating menopause. It will help you find gender euphoria, advocate for your healthcare, and empower yourself with prompts, tools, and expert wisdom for living well through menopause and beyond.
In love and solidarity,
Lasara Firefox Allen, MSW
Founder and facilitator of the Gender-Affirming Menopause Care (GAMC) certification course
What’s Inside
- Affirming approaches that celebrate diverse gender identities
- Practical tools for navigating menopause on your own terms
- Menopausal wellness tailored for queer and gender-expansive bodies
- A challenge to conventional, binary menopause narratives
- Guidance on advocating for yourself in medical settings
- Coverage of lifestyle approaches and pharmaceutical options side by side
Praise for Genderqueer Menopause
Allen not only offers practical information but also helps to normalize the experiences of genderqueer people during this life transition. Dr. Mary Claire HaverBoard-certified OB-GYN, New York Times bestselling author of The New Menopause
A book intended expressly for those of us who are gender-nonconforming… a much-needed addition to the menopause canon. Heather CorinnaAuthor of What Fresh Hell Is This?
An important addition to the world of non-binary and trans resources. Allen’s gentle and playful, yet firmly factual, tone makes the topic safe to explore. Lee HarringtonAuthor of Traversing Gender, co-editor of Queer Magic
Weaving together interviews, research, and personal narratives, the book provides a thoughtful, holistic approach to aging that centers the intersections of lived experience. Eli ErlickActivist, writer, founder of Trans Student Educational Resources
