{"product_id":"queer-diplomacy-a-transgender-journey-in-the-foreign-service-paperback","title":"Queer Diplomacy: A Transgender Journey in the Foreign Service - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobyn McCutcheon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This wildly compelling, beautifully written, first-of-its-kind memoir is an incredibly important, useful, and deeply humanizing story about one transgender woman's unique experience navigating the complex world of foreign affairs and diplomacy. It's a joy to read.\" -Anthony Cotton, international inclusive development professional \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoin Robyn McCutcheon, an out and proud transgender woman, on her journey as a diplomat with the U.S. Department of State. Follow her on travels that took her through the Soviet Union as a historian, to the stars as an engineer in the Hubble Space Telescope project, and onward to Russia, Romania, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan as a Foreign Service Officer representing her country on everything from human rights to nuclear arms control. Find out what it was like to transition gender while serving full-time overseas and to become an icon to the LGBTQIA+ communities in Romania and in Central Asia. Follow her as president of glifaa, one of the best known LGBTQIA+ associations in the federal government. This is a story of perseverance and personal triumph. Simply put, this is queer diplomacy at its best. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobyn McCutcheon has spent her life immersed in Soviet\/Russian affairs and in pointing control for NASA missions. In 2017 she received a Superior Honor Award for her \"exceptional dedication and creativity in advancing LGBTQIA+ rights in Kazakhstan\" and was listed as one of the top 50 successful transgender Americans you should know. Now retired, she has bike-packed multiple times across the United States and travels frequently to Central Asia.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 338\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646636974277,"sku":"9781637236390","price":29.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/m-L1N6d0qJ9781637236390.webp?v=1768705047","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/queer-diplomacy-a-transgender-journey-in-the-foreign-service-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}