Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Seal Press $15.95
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 activist and professional biologist. Serano shares her experiences and observations both pre- and post-transition to reveal the ways in which fear, suspicion, and dismissiveness toward femininity shape...
Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of Law by South End Press $16.00
Waitwhat’s wrong with rights?Much of the legal advocacy for trans and gender nonconforming people in the US has reflected the civil rights and equality” strategies of mainstream gay and lesbian organizationsagitating for legal reforms that would ostensibly guarantee equal access, nondiscrimination, and equal protection under the law. This approach assumes that the state and its legal,...
She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Broadway $14.95
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...
As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl (P.S.) by Harper Perennial $14.99
In 1967, after a twin baby boy suffered a botched circumcision, his family agreed to a radical treatment that would alter his gender. The case would become one of the most famous in modern medicine—and a total failure. As Nature Made Him tells the extraordinary story of David Reimer, who, when finally informed of his medical history, made the decision to live as a male. A macabre tale of...
Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man by Dutton Adult $25.95
Chaz Bono's groundbreaking and candid account of a forty-year struggle to match his gender identity with his physical body and his transformation from female to male At first, America knew the only child of Sonny and Cher as Chastity, the cherubic little girl who appeared on her parents' TV show. In later years, she became famous for coming out on a national stage, working with two major...
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation by Seal Press $16.95
In the 15 years since the release of Gender Outlaw, Kate Bornstein’s groundbreaking challenge to gender ideology, transgender narratives have made their way from the margins to the mainstream and back again. Today's transgenders and other sex/gender radicals are writing a drastically new world into being. In Gender Outlaws, Bornstein, together with writer, raconteur, and theater artist S. Bear...
The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals by Cleis Press $16.95
This comprehensive first of its kind guidebook explores the unique challenges that thousands of families face every day raising their children in every city and state. Through extensive research and interviews, as well as years of experience working in the field, the authors cover gender variance from birth through college. What do you do when your toddler daughter’s first sentence is that...
Transgender History (Seal Studies) by Seal Press $14.95
Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today, Transgender History takes a chronological approach to the subject of transgender history, with each chapter covering major movements, writings, and events. Chapters cover the transsexual and transvestite communities in the years following World War II; trans radicalism and social change, which spanned from 1966 with...
Queers in History: The Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Historical Gays, Lesbians and Bisexuals by Ian McKellen $19.95
"Includes biographies of over 900 prominent people, from 2450 BC to today"--Cover.
220 coming out stories by $0.99
** To kick off February all my Books are $1 ****Reg. Price $5.99**Coming out is a pretty hard thing to accomplish , Here is a collection of some of the most amazing and courageous stories from some of the bravest Gay, Bisexuals, Lesbians, and Transsexuals around. Here you can read about the hardship and courage they had to go trough to conquer one of the hardest steeping stones in Life.