Descriptions and reviews from various sources

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Accounting for Transsexualism and Transhomosexualtiy: The gender identity careers of over 200 men and women who have petitioned for surgical sex reassignment of their sexual identity. Tully, B. London: Whiting & Birch.,1992.

A Charm School for Sissy Maids by Lorelei, 1995

Adolescence: Gateway to Androgyny by Parson

All She Wanted. Aphrodite Jones. New York: Pocket Books, 1996. ISBN 0-671-52667-7 A Biography of Brandon Teena.

Androgyne: Reconciliation of Male and Female (The) by Zolla

Androgynous Manager (The) by Sargent

Androgyny and the Denial of Difference by Weil

Androgyny: The Opposites Within by Singer, 1989

Androgyny: Toward a New Theory of Sexuality by Singer

Angel and the Perverts (The) fict.

Another Fine Dress: Role-Play in the Films of Laurel and Hardy by Sanders, 1995

Apartheid of Sex (The): A Manifesto on the Freedom of Gender by Rothblatt, 1995

Art and Illusion: A Guide to Crossdressing (Volumes One and Two) by Roberts, 1994

Aspects of Gender: A Study of Crossdressing by Gordon, 1997

As Nature Made Him: John Colapinto. The Boy Who Was Raised As a Girl. Toronto: HarperCollins, 2000.ISBN 0-00-200047-4 This book describes the world-famous John/Joan case first reported by Dr. John Money as a successful case of gender conditioning. As an infant, David Reimer (John/Joan) lost his penis in a botched circumcision. Dr. Money convinced the boy's parents to raise him as a girl. Dr. Money reported that David grew up as a happily adjusted girl. But, in truth, David was terribly unhappy as a girl, and eventually found out the truth about his history.

Assessment of 21 transsexual cases in group psychotherapy, admitted to hospital. Nordisk Sexologi, 10, 227-235.Yüksel, S., Yücel, B., Tükel, R., & Motavally, N. (1992).

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Being different: Autobiography of Jane Fry. Fry, J., & Bogdan, R. (1974). New York, USA: Wiley.

Bert and Lori The Autobiography of a Crossdresser : Robert Rowe , a scholar, incisively traces his life as a crossdresser who enjoys the erotic and spiritual aspects of wearing women's clothing. The book goes beyond autobiography by adding research, other literature, myths, and even the author's wife's comments. A clear, uncensored look at crossdressing as a major turn-on.

Beyond Sex Roles by Sargent

Bisexuality : The Psychology and Politics of an Invisible Minority by Beth A. Firestein (Ed.) By a wonderful advocate for Colorado's TG community. Includes a great chapter on TG issues by Dallas Denny and James Green.

Bike Boys, Drag Queens and Superstars: Avant-Garde, Mass Culture and

Blending Genders: Richard Ekins and David King, eds., Social Aspects of Cross-dressing and Sex-changing, Routledge, London, 1996. ISBN 0-415-11552-3 The editors put side-by-side essays with conflicting view-points, politics, and goals.

Bliss of becoming one (the) by Rachel Miller. A newly published book written by a heterosexual, married crossdresser. Focuses on integrating "feminine" feelings into the male psyche and mainstreaming the gender community. Rachel Miller advocates cross- dressers to join mainsream society.

Body Guards:Julia Epstein and Kristina Straub, The Cultural Politics of Gender Ambiguity, Routledge, New York, 1991 ISBN 0-415-90389-0

Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits, by Loren Cameron. Quality photographs and text describe Cameron's triumphs and disappointments in transitioning from woman to man. The book also sensitively documents other female-to-male transsexuals. A divergent section covers the various options available for developing male-like genitals.Cleis Press, San Francisco, 1996. ISBN 1-57344-062-0

Boys Will Be Girls: The Hidden World of the Heterosexual Male

Boys Like Her: Transfictions four artistic lesbian women, two who identify as boys and two who love this kind of boy, come together as a performance group called Taste This. This very visual, imaginatively-designed book evolved from their performances, which explored their history, relationships and sexuality.

BrainSex: Anne Moir and David Jessel. The Real Difference Between Men and Women, London: Mandarin Paperback, 1989. ISBN 0-7493-0525-8 Culled from the pages of the National Enquirer, this book assembles scientific commentary on gender differences

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Change for the Better: the Story of Georgina Beyer as told to Cathy Casey. 1999 Random House NewZealand ISBN 1-86941-371-7

Changes... Understanding the Gender-Role Transition by Dana Cole Order directly from the publisher, The Phoenix Project Excellent insight on transition issues

Changing Sex: Transsexualism, Technology and the Idea of Gender by Bernice L. Hausman1995

Cherry Single. Valory Gravois. A Transvestite Comes of Age fictDavid Nunley is single, holds a boring government job, moonlights as an underground photographer, and loves to dress in his girlfriends' clothes. Underneath, things aren't quite so rosy: his father hates effeminate men and David worries about getting caught dressing. Two women -- Corky, with a mysterious past, and Diane, an adventurous photographer -- enter David's life as he begins to come out of the closet. Sexuality mixes with spirituality as he walks an oftentimes unmarked trail, finally meeting the earthy Patricia Wending well along the way. Will David pull off his high wire balancing act, or will he crash and burn? San Fransisco: Alchemist/Light Publishing, 1997. ISBN 0-7879-0271-13

Christine Jorgensen: A Personal Autobiography by Christine Jorgensen

Clinical Management of Gender Identity Disorder in Children and Adults., Blanchard & Steiner (Eds). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press. 1990.Rudd, 1990 CounselinG in Genderland A Guide for You and YourTransgendered Client. by Niela Miller. This book was written by Niela Miller who has been working with crossgendered persons for many years as a humanistic counselor/educator. Counseling in Genderland is the first book written for counselors interested in working in the gender community and is very valuable for anyone in the gender community.

Confessions of a Gender Defender: A Psychologist's Reflections of Life Among the Transgendered Ph.D.Psychologist Ettner writes about her extensive front-line experiences in counseling mostly male-to-female transsexuals. Also included are writings from the transsexuals themselves. This is a collage of stories about the search for gender fulfillment.Ettner, Randi (1996). Evanston,IL: ChicagoSpectrum Press.

Comorbidity of gender dysphoria and other major psychiatric diagnoses. Cole, C. M., O'Boyle, M., Emory, L. E., & Meyer, W. J., (1997). Archives of Sexual Behavior, 26, 13-27.

Conundrum: An Extraordinary Narrative of Transsexualism by Jan Morris

Coping With Crossdressing by JoAnn Roberts. Too often woman are expected to accept their partner's crossdressing without really understand-ing the behavior. JoAnn Roberts looks at crossdressing from both sides of the relationship and gives positive advice on how to cope. A serious book for couples struggling with crossdressing.

Crossdresser and his wife(the) by Dr. Virginia Prince. The first book to be written on the major issues confronting couples who are dealing with crossdressing.

Crossdressers & Those Who Share Their Lives: And Those Who Share Their Lives by Dr. Peggy Rudd. Fifty pictures and numerous true stories depict the transformation of men from the masculine to the feminine persona. Their stories provide an intimate view of their lives.

Cross-Dressing, Sex and Gender by Bullough and Bullough, 1993 Crossdressing with Dignity The Case For Transcending Gender Lines by Dr. Peggy Rudd "Is society ready for men who openly express femininity? Can men transcend gender lines and maintain their sense of self-worth and dignity?" These are questions asked to over 800 crossdressers in the survey used as the basis of this book.

Crossing: Deirdre McCloskey. a memoir. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.ISBN 0-226-55668-9

Crossing the Stage: Controversies on Cross-Dressing, edited by Ferris, 1993

Current Concepts in Transgender Identity (Garland Reference Library of Social Science, Vol 976)by Dallas Denny(Editor).(March 1998)

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Dance of the Selves: Uniting the Male and Female Within by Loretta Ferrier, Ph.D.

Debating Gender, Debating Sexuality, edited by Kiddie, 1996 Deconstructing Gender Dualism through Transgender Photography", Darryl B. Hill, "BlackFlash Vol 14.3/Fall 1996.

Drag: A History of Female Impersonation in the Performing Arts by Baker, 1995 Drag King Book(The) Del Lagrace Volcano and Judith "Jack" Halberstam. London: Serpent's Tail, 1999. ISBN 1-85242-607-1 expressive pictures of Drag Kings in London, San Francisco and New York.

Drag Diaries, Catherine Chermayeff, Johnathan David, and Nan Richardson. Umbra Editions, 1995. ISBN 0-8118-0895-5 A collection of photos and stories about some of the prominent New York drag queens.

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Embodying Ambiguity: Androgyny and Aesthetics from Wincklemann to Keller by MacLeod, 1998

Eros and Evil., Masters, R., New York: Julian Press, 1962.

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Fantastic Women: Sex, Gender and Transvestism by Woodhouse, 1989

Female Desires: Same-Sex Relations and Transgender Practices Across Cultures (Between Men -- Between Women) edited by Blackwood and Wieringa, 1999

Femininity by Brownmiller, 1984

Femininity, Masculinity and Androgyny, edited by Vetterling-Braggin, 1982

Female to Male Transsexuals in Society, by Holly Devor. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, 1997. ISBN 0-253-21259-6

Female Desires : Same-Sex Relations and Transgender Practices Across Cultures (Between Men--Between Women)by Evelyn Blackwood(Editor), Saskia E. Wieringa (Editor).(March 1999)

Feminizing Hormonal Therapy for the Transgendered by Kirk, 1996

From Female to Male: The Life of Jack Bee Garland by Louis Sullivan Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997.ISBN 0-253-21259-6 From Masculine to Feminine and All Points In Between by Stevens, 1990 Fully Human: How Everyone Can Integrate the Benefits of Masculine and Feminine Sex Roles by Olds

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Galatians and Gender Trouble: Primal Androgyny and the First Century Origins of a Feminist Dilemma

Gender An Ethnomethodical Approach

Gender Dysphoria: A Guide to Research by Denny, 1994

Gender Dysphoria: Development, Research, Management (Perspectives in Sexuality), edited by Steiner, 1984

Gender Loving Care:Ettner, Randi (1999). A Guide to Counseling Gender-Variant Clients. W.W. Norton & Co. ISBN: 0393703045

Gender Identity Disorder and Psychosexual Problems in Children and Adolescents, Kenneth Zucker and Susan Bradley, The Guilford Press, New York, 1995

Gendermaps, John Money, Continuum Publishing Company, New York, 1995

Gender: An Ethnomethological Approach'edited by Kessler and McKenna, 1978 an excellent grounding on the subject of Transsexual folk and Gender,

Gender Blending : Transvestism (Cross-Dressing), Gender Hersey, Androgyny, Religion & the Cross-Dresser, Transgender Healthcare, Free Expression, Sex by Bonnie Bullough(Editor), et al. Hardcover (March 1997)

Gender Bending: Confronting the Limits of Duality by Devor, 1989 Gender Dysphoria Interdisciplinary Approches in Clinical Management by Walter Bockting & Eli Coleman, PhD. Enhance your expertise with the most up-to-date writings published. Contributors include: Richard Docter, Henk Asscheman, Louis Gooran, and others. A wealth of current information.1992

Gender Dysphoria: Development, Research, Management by Better W. Steiner

Gender Outlaw: Kate Bornstein. On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us. New York: Vintage Books, 1995. ISBN 0-679-75701-5 Gender Outlaw is an outstanding book about pretending to be one gender or the other, and about Thirdness. It's nice and chatty, and also contains the script to Bornstein's play, Hidden: A Gender, which is, well, a little more verbose than dramatic.

Gender Paradox: What It Means to be a Transvestite (The) by Bland

Gender Shock: Phyllis Burke. Exploding the Myths of Male and Female. New York: Doubleday, 1996. ISBN 0-385-47718-X Gender Identity Disorder (GID), but Burke has documented how the psychiatric community has used the classification to perform horrendous experiments on kids who are suspected of being genderqueer.

Gender Trouble: Judith Butler. Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. New York: Routlage, 1990. ISBN 0-415-90043-3 Gender Trouble : Feminism and the Subversion of Identity by Judith Butler Groundbreaking postmodern feminist text on gender and identity in society

George and Julia Julia Grant 'The woman who was born a man tells her own astonishing story' 1980 New English Library 0-450-04715-6

Geraldine: for the Love of a Transvestite Monica Jay The film (movie) "Just Like a Woman" was based on this autobiography

Girltalk Magazine. Published quarterly by Calendar Girl. Wonderful pictures and articles for the entire transgender community.

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Hemingway's Quarrel With Androgyny by Spilka

Hiding My Candy: The Autobiography of the Grand Empress of Savannah From a sissy black boy in small-town Florida to queen of drag shows around the South, The Lady Chablis fulfills her ambition to be a full-time woman and entertainer (with attitude). The book nicely preserves her language and take on life.

Homosexuality, Transvestism and Changes of Sex., De Savitsch, E., London: Wm. Heinemann Medical Books, 1958.

How to be Woman Though Male by Dr. Virginia Prince. This book is a guide for basic male to female crossdressing. How to Become a Virgin,Quentin Crisp, Flamingo, London, 1981 ISBN 0-00-638798-5 , This book picks up where his other biography, The Naked Civil Servant, leaves off.

Hollywood Androgyny by Bell-Metereau, 1993

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I Am My Own Woman: Charlotte von Mahlsdorf (translated by Jean Hollander). The Outlaw Life of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, Berlin's Most Distinguished Transvestite. Pittsburgh: Cleis Press Inc., 1995. ISBN 1-57344-101-8

Identity Management in Transsexualism: A Practical Guide to Managing Identity on Paper by Denny

In Search of Eve: Transsexual rites of passage, Anne Bolin,. South Hadley, MA: Bergin & Harvey, 1987 A classic anthropological TS reference by a GIC founder

Information pack for the public education and health professional and transsexuals: everything you always wanted to know about transsexualism but were afraid to ask. Minority Trust New Zealand. (1992).Wellington, New Zealand: Author Interpretting Gender Nicholson, Linda, Social Postmodernism, Cambrigde University Press, 1995. Essay that analyses the relationship between sex and gender, and discusses the politics of gender difference.

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JoAnn Roberts' Art and Illusion: A Guide to Crossdressing (Vol. 1 and 2) by Roberts

Just Julia Julia GrantFurther

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King of Prussia, PA 19406. (610) 640-9449

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Ladies, Please! Mary Ann Camilleri. Toronto: Exile Editions, 1994. ISBN 1-55096-053-9 Mary Ann Camilleri beautifully captures the camp splendeur of drag artists at events such as Wigstock and Toronto Pride Day.

Ladylike Magazine. Published by CDS. Quarterly publication with pictures and excellent articles on transgender lifestyles.

Last Sex (The) Arthur and Marilouise Kroker. Feminism and Outlaw Bodies. Montreal: New World Perspectives, 1993. ISBN 0-920393-37-3

Last Time I Wore A Dress(The) A Memoir by Daphne Scholinsky The true account of a "bad girl" who suffered from parental neglect, was given over to mental institutions, and learned to play the games necessary to survive in the early 1980s. Therapists saw her boyishness as a curable manifestation of her problems, so she had to pretend to be girly-girly and interested in guys to graduate. Throughout it all her derring-do and intelligence preserve her sanity.

Legal Queeries: Lesbian, Gay and Transgender Legal Studies edited by Monk, 1999

Lenses of Gender (The), Sandra Bem, IFGE Publications, Waltham MA., 1996

Lessons From the Intersexed by Kessler A personal account of psychiatric abuse

Lettin' It All Hang Out: An Autobiography by RuPaul

Life With Vanessa by Vanessa and Linda Kaye.1996 A new book published and written by Vanessa and Linda Kaye, a couple in a transgendered relationship.Deals with many of the issues facing many couples in similar relationships.

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Made to Order: Sex/Gender in a Transsexual Perspective by de Castro

Male Psyche: Mainstreaming the Gender Community by Miller

Man in the Red Velvet Dress(The): J.J. Allen. Inside the World of

Cross-Dressing. New York: Birch Lane Press, 1996. ISBN 1-55972-338-6

Masculinizing Hormonal Therapy for the Transgendered by Kirk, 1997

Medical, Legal and Workplace Issues for the Transsexual, Sheila Kirk MD and Martine Rothblatt JD, IFGE Publications, Waltham MA.,1996

Mema's House, Mexico City Nonfiction by Annick Prieur 1998, University of Chicago Press ISBN 0-226-68257-9 A sociologist's look at a group of homosexual transvestites who congregate at "Mema's House" in a poor section of Mexico City. The sociologist, a Norwegian woman, takes a long look at these lively "vestigos" especially their lack of acceptance by family and how they coexist alongside the macho attitudes of Mexican men. She exposes contradictions in the vestigos' male sex customers and in the men who become the vestigos' lovers.

Men in Women's Guise., Gilbert, O.,London: John Lane, 1926.

Men as Women, Women as Men: Changing Gender in Native American Cultures by Lang, 1998

Men in Dresses by Coleman, 1996

Mirrors : Portrait of a Lesbian Transsexual Geri Nettick an interesting autobiography by a strong-willed male-to-female transsexual who underwent sex-reassignment surgery when it wasn't a well-known option. Her revelations about making it through the acceptance maze (both to get surgery and find friends in the lesbian community) make for provocative reading.

Miss Vera's Finishing School for Boys Who Want to be Girls Nonfiction by Veronica Vera 1997,with photos)DoubledayISBN 0-385-48456-9 A fun book! Veronica Vera (not her real name) addresses a need by creating a real school to train guys to pass as gals. In her very earthy and honest way, she enthusiastically recounts her many adventures and successes as headmistress. Classes emphasize the spiritual as well as the physical.

Monsieur d'Eon Is a Woman: Gary Kates. A Tale of Political Intruigue and Sexual Masquerade. New York: Basic Books, 1995. ISBN 0-465-04762-9

Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America by Newton, 1979

My Gender Workbook How to Become A Real Man, A Real Woman, the Real You or Something Else Entirely by Kate Bornstein New York: Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0-415-91673-9 Kate's second major book about gender. An excellent book for people who are new to gender euphoria, as well as for mundanely-gendered people.

My Husband Wears My Clothes: Crossdressing From The Perspective

My Lesbian Husband A writer's solid account of her longtime love affair with a masculine lesbian. The theme throughout is a return to family and tradition, especially the tradition of marriage.

My Story by Caroline Cossey

Mystic Rose (The) . Crawly, E., New York: Meridian Books, 1960.

Myths of Gender: Anne Fausto-Sterling. Biological Theories about Women and Men. New York: Basic Books, 1992. ISBN 0-465-04792-0 Fascinating book about how the scientific study of gender difference is replete with bad science. Of A Wife by Dr. Peggy Rudd. Dr. Rudd addresses many of the questions frequently asked by the spouses, families and friends of men who crossdress.1994? 1998?

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None of the Above,Bernadette Bosky. Worlds of Women: Sapphic Science Fiction Erotica. Edited by Cecilia Tan. Boston: Circlet Press, Inc, 1993. ISBN 1-56341-029-X

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Orlando's Sleep This is the autobiography of John Spry, who knew he wanted to be a girl at an early age. Trying to live the masculine ideal as he grew up in Australia proved impossible. After secretive cross-dressing, a failed marriage and much soul-searching, he took the difficult path of becoming a lesbian woman. A story of disappointment, courage and patience.

Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas (The). Vol. 2., Westermarck, E. London: Macmillan, 1917.

Our Trans Children (1998). Pamphlet of the Transgender Special Outreach Network (T-SON) of PFLAG. Available from Mary Boenke at MaryBoenke@aol.com or (540) 890-3957.

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Personality traits and disorders among transsexuals. Bodlund,O., Kullgren, G., Sundbom, E., & Höjerback, T.

Psychosocial adjustment in male-to-female transsexuals: An Overview of the research evidence.

The Journal of Psychology, Midence, K., & Hargreaves, I. (1997). 131, 602-615.

Physician's Guide to Transgendered Medicine by Kirk, 1996

PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality, edited by Queen and Schimel, 1997

Psychological Androgyny by Hoeveler, 1990

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Read my Lips Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender by Riki Anne Wilchins 1997. Riki takes Judith Butler's gender theory and applies it to current-day transgender issues. A passionate, witty, and extraordinarily intelligent look at how society not only creates men and women--ignoring the fluidity of maleness and femaleness in most people--but also explains how those categories generate crisis for most individuals. It is impossible to read Wilchins's ideas and not be provoked in fundamental and mysterious ways. Entertaining and full of her sharp-edged wit and brilliant eloquence.New York: Firebrand Books

Reclaiming Genders: transsexual grammars at the fin de siecle, edited by Kate More and Stephen Whittle. Cassell, London and New York, 1999. ISBN 0-304-33776-5

Romantic Androgyny: The Women Within by Hoeveler, 1990

Romanticism and the Androgynous Sublime by Stevenson, 1996

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Satires of Juvenal(The)., Creekmore, H., New York: Mentor, 1963.

Sex and Gender: Vol. 2. The transsexual experiment. Robert Stoller, London: Hogarth Press, 1975.

Second Serve: The Renee Richards Story by Renee Richards Sex change: The achievement of gender identity among feminized transsexual. Kando, Springfield,

IL: Charles C Thomas, 1973.

Sex and Gender: The Transsexual Experiment by Stoller

Sex Changes: Pat Califia. The Politics of Transgenderism. San Fransisco: Cleis Press, 1997. 1-57344-072-8 an excellent review of the major moments in the public history of transgendered people.

Shame : A Novel by Alan Russell Kathy Wilson was a consultant for the author on this novel: a murder mystery with a great TG heroine

S/HE: Changing Sex and Changing Clothes by Claudine Griggs (1998) Through an examination of the experience of transsexuals, this book enhances understanding of how gender can and does function in powerful, complex, and subtle ways. The author, who has herself been surgically reassigned, has conducted extensive interviews with transsexuals from many walks of life.

S/He by Minnie Bruce Pratt. Sixty-nine often-poetic vignettes by a woman who grew up in the Southern U.S., married, and had children before discovering her attraction to women. Starting a new life, she eventually became the loving partner of well-known author Leslie Feinberg. Beyond discovering her own femme lesbian identity, Pratt was forced to confront the feelings of some lesbians that Leslie was too mannish. Pratt's conclusion: end the slavery of arbitrary gender assignments.

Shylock's Last Stand.Pamela Snow. Stratford: Pendragon Publishing, 1997. ISBN 0-9682168-0-3 Shakespeare and the Art of Humankindness: The Essay Toward Androgyny by Kimbrough, 1992 Situated knowledge of personal embodiment: Transgender activists and psychological theorists perspectives on sex and gender Parlee, M. B. (1996). . Theory and Psychology, 6, 625-642.

Spirit and the Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture by Walter L. Williams Classic text on Native-American two-spirit traditions

Speaking as a Woman by Laing

Splitting: A Case of Female Masculinity by Stoller, 1973

Struggling Under the Destructive Glance: Androgyny in the Novels of Guy De Maupassant by Hartig, 1991

Status of the Hermaphrodite and Transvestism in Navaho Culture (The)., Hill, W., American Anthropology, 1935, 37,

String of Pearls: Stories About Cross-Dressing Australia is well represented in the literary world with this collection of short stories with a crossdressing theme. Some of the stories barely touch on the subject while others use it as a continuous theme. Male and female writers are equally represented in these portraits of various gender flavors.

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The psychiatrist and the transgender person. Murray, A. (1997). Venereology

- The Interdisciplinary International Journal of Sexual Health, 10, 158-164. The reported sex and surgery satisfaction of 28 postoperative male-to-female transsexual patients Rehman, J., Lazer,S., Benet, A. I., Schaefer, L. C., & Melman, A. (1999). . Archives of Sexual Behavior, 28, 71-89.

Third Sex, Third Gender:Gilbert Herdt, ed. Beyond Sexual Dimorphism in Culture and History. New York: Zone Books, 1993. ISBN 0-942299-82-5

Toward a Recognition of Androgyny by Heilbrun

Trans Forming Families:Mary Boenke, Editor. Real Stories About

Transgendered Loved Ones. Imperial Beach: Walter Trook Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-85242-607-1

Transgender Care Reccomended Guidelines,1997 Practical Information and Personal Accounts by Gianna E. Israel and Donald E. Tarver II, M.D.By empowering clients to be well-informed medical consumers and by delivering care providers from the inadequate diagnostic standards and stereotypes, this book sets out to transform the nature of transgender care. In an accessible style, Gianna Israel and Donald Tarver discuss the key mental health issues with much attention to the vexed relationship between professionals and clients.The best reference on affirmative, supportive medical practice

Transgender Debate (The): The Crisis Surrounding Gender Identities", Garnet Publishing Ltd, March 2000. by Stephen Whittle ISBN 1 -902932 16 1, Price £3.50 Intended to be a resource primarily for non-trans people who wish to get a simple grasp on current transgender issues. Perfect for those who need a simple explanation to the back ground of their project work, and for family and friends of trans people who simply want to understand.

Transgender HIV Prevention: Bockting, Walter (1999). A Minnesota responce to a global health concern. c/o Program in Human Sexuality;

Trans Liberation : Beyond Pink or Blue by Leslie Feinberg The latest book from the 1998 GIC Goldrush Keynote Speaker Trans-Scriptions 1996 published by The Gender Identity Center of Colorado Feinberg's third book tackles questions about Trans politics

Transgender Nation by Gordene Olga MacKenzie. April 1994) Looks at the male-to-woman transgenderist and transsexual from a sociological and sociopolitical perspective, arguing that it is not the individual transgenderists who are sick and need treatment, but the society that condemns them. Considers the history of the transgender movement, categories of sex, and contemporary medical and popular ideology. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation copyright

Transgender Warriors, Leslie Feinberg. Making History From Joan of Arc to RuPaul Beacon Press, Boston, 1996. ISBN 0-8070-7940-5 The book details the author's attempt to understand TGism and his/her search for TGs in history. It also contains personal anecdotes from the author, and an interesting portrait gallery of current TG personalities. "Are you a guy or a girl?"

Transmen and FTMs: Identities, Bodies, Genders & Sexualities, by Jason Cromwell. University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, 1999. ISBN 0-252-06825-4

Transsexual Empire (The) .Janice Raymond.The Making of the She-Male London: The Women's Press, 1980. ISBN 0 7043 3857 2

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