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Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A collection of letters written by successful trans women sharing the lessons they've learned on their journeys to womanhood, celebrating their achievements, and empowering the next generation to become who they really are.
"Dedicated to trans women everywhere, this inspirational collection of letters written by successful trans women shares the lessons they learnt on their journeys to womanhood, celebrating their achievements and empowering the...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When Reed returns to her small hometown in Montana to attend her high school reunion and hopefully reconcile with her estranged, adopted brother, issues of gender identity, sexual orientation, and sibling rivalry challenge them as they try to come to terms with their past.
Author
Publisher
Carina Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"April French doesn't do relationships and she never asks for more. A long-standing regular at kink club Frankie's, she's kind of seen it all. As a trans woman, she's used to being the scenic rest stop for others on their way to a happily-ever-after. She knows how desire works, and she keeps hers carefully boxed up to take out on weekends only. After all, you can't be let down if you never ask. Then Dennis Martin walks into Frankie's, fresh from Seattle...
Author
Publisher
Brain Mill Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"When Wyatt brings an unidentified photograph to the local historical society, he hopes staff historian Grayson will tell him more about the people in the picture. The subjects in the mysterious photograph sit side by side, their hands close but not touching. One is dark, the other fair. Both wear men's suits. Were they friends? Lovers? Business partners? Curiosity drives Grayson and Wyatt to dig deep for information, and the more they learn, the...
9) Nevada
Author
Publisher
Topside Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Nevada is the darkly comedic story of Maria Griffiths a young trans woman living in New York City and trying to stay true to her punk values while working retail. When she finds out her girlfriend has lied to her, the world she thought she'd carefully built for herself begins to unravel, and Maria sets out on a journey that will most certainly change her forever."--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Addressing common fears and concerns that parents of transgender teens share, the book guides them through steps they can take with their child, including advice on hormones and surgery and how to transition socially. It addresses the recent increase in teens presenting with non-binary identities, and reflects major legal, social and medical developments regarding transgender issues. The author's insights are gained from his professional experience...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Sociologist Arlene Stein takes us into the lives of four strangers who find themselves together in a sun-drenched surgeon's office, having traveled to Florida from across the United States in order to masculinize their chests. Ben, Lucas, Parker, and Nadia wish to feel more comfortable in their bodies; three of them are also taking testosterone so that others recognize them as male. Following them over the course of a year, Stein shows how members...
Author
Series
Publisher
City Lights Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"What does it really mean to be a man? In Man Alive, Thomas Page McBee attempts to answer that question by focusing on two of the men who most impacted his life--one, his otherwise ordinary father who abused him as a child, and the other, a mugger who threatened his life and then released him in an odd moment of mercy. Standing at the brink of the life-changing decision to transition from female to male, McBee seeks to understand these examples of...
Author
Publisher
Seal Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"In the updated second edition of Whipping Girl, Julia Serano, a transsexual woman whose supremely intelligent writing reflects her diverse background as a lesbian transgender activist and professional biologist, shares her powerful experiences and observations -- both pre- and post-transition -- to reveal the ways in which fear, suspicion, and dismissiveness toward femininity shape our societal attitudes toward trans women, as well as gender and...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Long before people identified as transgender or lesbian, there were female husbands and the women who loved them. Female husbands--people assigned female who transed gender, lived as men, and married women--were true queer pioneers. Moving deftly from the colonial era to just before World War I, Jen Manion uncovers the riveting and very personal stories of ordinary people who lived as men despite tremendous risk, danger, and threat of violence. Female...
16) I am J
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
J, who feels like a boy mistakenly born as a girl, runs away from his best friend who has rejected him and the parents he thinks do not understand him when he finally decides that it is time to be who he really is.
Author
Publisher
Topside Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Eleven unique short stories that stretch from a rural Canadian Mennonite town to a hipster gay bar in Brooklyn, featuring young trans women stumbling through loss, sex, harassment, and love. These stories, shiny with whiskey and prairie sunsets, rattling subways and neglected cats, show growing up as a trans girl can be charming, funny, frustrating, or sad, but never will it be predictable.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
A renowned feminist film critic describes her brother's transformation into a woman, including the psychological evaluations, strenuous surgeries, prescription drug cocktails, and fashion lessons he endured to go from being Chevey to becoming Ellen.
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