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As nature made him As nature made him John Colapinto The true story of a family who spends 14 years trying to raise their son as a girl after his botched circumcision. OL16064265W
Queer Japan Queer Japan Barbara Summerhawk,Cheiron McMahill,Darren McDonald In this important contribution to international queer studies, sixteen Japanese lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transsexuals tell their stories. Doseiai (same sex love between men) has never been le… OL16457836W
Nina here nor there Nina here nor there Nick Krieger The next-generation Stone Butch Blues--a contemporary memoir of gender awakening and a classic tale of first love and self-discovery. Ambitious, sporty, feminine “capital-L lesbians” had been Nina… OL16470076W
My brother my sister My brother my sister Molly Haskell On a visit, the brother of well-known film critic Molly Haskell dropped a bombshell: nearing age sixty, and married, he had decided to become a woman. This book gracefully explores a delicate subject… OL17875285W
GLBTQ GLBTQ Kelly Huegel,Kelly Huegel Describes the challenges faced by gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered teens, offers practical advice, real-life experiences, and accessible resources and support groups. OL1841218W
The gender frontier The gender frontier Mariette Pathy Allen,Grady T. Turner Mariette Pathy Allen documents the lives of extraordinary individuals, their partners, families and friends. Through photographs and short texts, the reader is offered an intimate connection to the b… OL18606402W
Transforming citizenships Transforming citizenships Isaac West "Transforming Citizenships engages the performativity of citizenship as it relates to transgender individuals and advocacy groups. Instead of reading the law as a set of self-executing discourses, Is… OL19709722W
He's always been my son He's always been my son Janna Barkin 320 pages : 20 cm OL19719659W
Pearls of Asia Pearls of Asia Lee Geiger A San Francisco anchorwoman is found murdered in her Nob Hill home, and detective Mac Fleet is assigned his to the case. The investigation leads to Pearls of Asia, a restaurant staffed by Asian trans… OL19952359W
Rethinking Normal Rethinking Normal Katie Rain Hill A personal account by a college student who endured years of bullying and disapprobation describes how after numerous failed therapies she accepted her transgender status and began learning how to be… OL19983671W
In the darkroom In the darkroom Susan Faludi "From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of Backlash, comes In the Darkroom, an astonishing confrontation with the enigma of her father and the larger riddle of identity con… OL20030793W
Trading places Trading places Jane Baker This memoir recounts one mother's struggle to come to terms with her grown up transsexual daughter. When she learned that her adult son planned to become a daughter, she felt like her child was headi… OL24790637W
FTM FTM Holly Devor In this ground-breaking study, Aaron Devor provides a compassionate, intimate, and incisive look at the life experiences of forty-five trans men. Emerging into 21st-century political and social conve… OL2671617W
Body Alchemy Body Alchemy Loren Cameron Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits is a 1996 book collecting photographs and writing of Loren Cameron. It documents the process of transition and everyday lives of the author and other trans men. OL3280067W
He did it her way He did it her way Carlotta. For 26 years from 1963 Carlotta was the undisputed queen of Kings Cross -- the legend of Les Girls, a landmark theatre restaurant where all the women on stage are really drag queens. *He Did It He… OL3653234W
Luna Luna Julie Anne Peters Regan's brother Liam can't stand the person he is during the day. Like the moon from whom Liam has chosen his female namesake, his true self, Luna, only reveals herself at night. In the secrecy of hi… OL476867W
Normal Normal Amy Bloom "Bloom takes us on a provocative, intimate journey into the lives of "people who reveal, or announce, that their gender is variegated rather than monochromatic" - female-to-male transsexuals, heteros… OL500118W
Queer and pleasant danger Queer and pleasant danger Kate Bornstein,Louise Rafkin In the early 1970s, a boy from a Conservative Jewish family joined the Church of Scientology. In 1981, that boy officially left the movement and ultimately transitioned into a woman. A few years late… OL777431W
Transparent Transparent Cris Beam When Cris Beam moved to Los Angeles, she thought she might volunteer just a few hours at a school for gay and transgender kids. Instead, she found herself drawn deeply into the pained and powerful gr… OL7990213W
Whipping Girl Whipping Girl Julia Serano A provocative manifesto, Whipping Girl tells the powerful story of Julia Serano, a transsexual woman whose supremely intelligent writing reflects her diverse background as a lesbian transgender activ… OL8930045W
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