She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders Author: Jennifer Finney Boylan Publisher: Broadway Books ISBN: 0767914295 Format: Softcover Publication Date: 2004/8 Pages: 320 Illustrations: Illustrated
The provocative bestseller She’s Not There is the winning, utterly surprising story of a person changing genders. By turns hilarious and deeply moving, Jennifer Finney Boylan explores the territory that lies between men and women, examines changing friendships, and rejoices in the redeeming power of family. Told in Boylan’s fresh voice, She’s Not There is about a person bearing and finally revealing a complex secret. Through her clear eyes, She’s Not There provides a new window on the confounding process of accepting our true selves.
Trans-Sister Radio (Vintage Contemporaries) Author: Chris Bohjalian Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0375705171 Publishing date: August 14, 2001 Pages: 368 Format: Paperback
What is the relationship between gender and sexuality? How do your feelings about yourself as a man or woman affect your sexual preferences? How important are your genitalia to your self-image? Bohjalian explores these questions with honesty and compassion. Allison, an elementary-school teacher, takes a film class and falls in love with Dana, her professor. Dana feels the same way about Allison--but when he reveals his plans to undergo a sex change operation, Allison is tormented with questions. She loves Dana as a man--what if she isn't attracted to Dana as a woman? Why should Dana's gender matter if Allison loves the person inside the body? Once word gets out, outraged parents complain that Allison's relationship with Dana is a moral danger to the children she teaches, so that Allison risks losing not only Dana, but her job as well. Provocative and insightful, this gender-bending novel will make readers question what it means to be a man or a woman, and how strongly these identities are influenced by biological and cultural pressures.
Stone Butch Blues Author: Leslie Feinberg Publisher: Alyson Publications ISBN: 1555838537 Publishing Date: 2004 Pages: 320 Format: Softcover
This compelling first novel follows the sexual travails of lesbian Jess Goldberg in a fine account of coming to terms with the complexities of a transgendered existence.
A photographic study of female-to-male (FTMs) transsexuals. Using before-and-after photographs of FTMs, accompanied by self-portraits and autobiographical text, the work includes photographs of genital reconstructions, with text by three FTMs who discuss how they feel about their surgery.
She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders
Trans-Sister Radio (Vintage Contemporaries)
Stone Butch Blues
Body Alchemy: Photographs