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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
Transfeminist perspectives in and beyond gender studies Transfeminist perspectives in and beyond gender studies Anne Enke If feminist studies and transgender studies are so intimately connected, why are they not more deeply integrated? Offering multidisciplinary models for this assimilation, the vibrant essays in Transf… OL16240014W
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
Transgender warriors Transgender warriors Leslie Feinberg In this fascinating, personal journey through history, Leslie Feinberg uncovers persuasive evidence that there have always been people who crossed the cultural boundaries of gender. Transgender Warri… OL1868109W
Second person queer Second person queer Lawrence Schimel,Richard Labonté *First Person Queer,* an anthology of nonfiction essays written in the first person by a variety of gay and lesbian authors, was a snapshot of GLBT life and experience in the modern age. Published in… OL18808070W
Female masculinity Female masculinity Jack Halberstam In this quintessential work of queer theory, Jack Halberstam takes aim at the protected status of male masculinity and shows that female masculinity has offered a distinct alternative to it for well … OL1882711W
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
Galileo's middle finger Galileo's middle finger Alice Domurat Dreger "An investigation of some of the most contentious debates of our time, Galileo's Middle Finger describes Alice Dreger's experiences on the front lines of scientific controversy, where for two decades… OL19996771W
Para Nina Para Nina Javier Malpica Grade 9 Up -- Eduardo, a young man who knows he is a woman trapped in a man's body, records in a diary everything that happens as he comes to discover, understand, and confront his sexual identity. W… OL26454483W
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
Get Dressed! Get Dressed! Gina Lance In Get Dress! Author Gina Lance tells of her lifelong struggle in facing the reality that she was a crossdresser, and gives needed words of advice to those who also face the same struggle! Out of the… OL29237563W
Begotten or made? Begotten or made? Oliver O'Donovan As I looked through evidence submitted by Christian bodies to the Warnock Committee, and compared them with writings from other Christian sources in the last quarter-century, it seemed to me that a c… OL2984892W
The Danish Girl The Danish Girl David Ebershoff A stunning first novel that probes the mysteries of sex, gender, and love with insight and subtletyInspired by the true story of Danish painter Einar Wegener and his California-born wife, this tender… OL30557W
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
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
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
The Riddle of Gender The Riddle of Gender Deborah Rudacille When Deborah Rudacille learned that a close friend had decided to transition from female to male, she felt compelled to understand why. Coming at the controversial subject of transsexualism from seve… OL8034533W
Self-Organizing Men Self-Organizing Men Jay Sennett The roles of paradox and incoherence in the construction and maintenance of the masculine self remains unexplored in both gender and men's studies. *Self-Organizing Men* - through poetry, visual imag… OL8848590W
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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