Kathy Lynn's

For every woman who has burned her bra, there's a man ready to wear one. Or so says Veronica Vera, who founded Miss Vera's Finishing School for Boys Who Want to Be Girls in 1992 as a resource for that part of the adult male population that feels the need to dress in women's clothing. This book unveils the naked truth about cross-dressing in a fun and philosophical way for would-be girls--and real girls, too! 35 photos.

What is it like to grow up in the wrong body? Are transsexuals considered homosexuals? Filled with real-life stories, actual letters, and touching poems, True Selves paints a heartfelt portrait of the risk-taking, confusion, and--ultimately--the courage that transsexuals face as they struggle to reveal their true being to themselves and to others.

The idea of gender is no long as fixed as it once was: Tootsie, La Cage aux Folles, and Milton Berle saw to that. But none of this has prepared us for Loren Cameron's amazing portraits of transsexuals. Beautifully reproduced and complemented with notes and short essays, these portraits of women who are now men may startle, but they will also make you marvel at the genuine complexities of life, sex, and desire.

In this fascinating personal journey through history, Leslie Feinberg--one of the most prominent gender-rights activists today--uncovers persuasive evidence that there have always been people who crossed the cultural boundaries of gender. Illustrated with many previously unpublished historical images and contemporary photos, this is an eye-opening jaunt through the history of gender expression.

Billy Tipton was a jazz performer who played in clubs throughout the Midwest for nearly 50 years. Tipton never made the big time as a musician and ended up working as a booking agent in Spokane, Washington. Only with Tipton's death in 1989 was it revealed that the five-times-married father to three boys was biologically female. Diane Wood Middlebrook's biography describes the transformation of Dorothy Tipton, a white Oklahoman who was not allowed to play jazz because she was a girl, into Billy Tipton, a male pianist and bandleader.

Gay Studies Editor's Recommended Book
Common sense has dictated that there are two genders--female and male. But this perspective is becoming less accepted and making less sense for many people. Pat Califia's Sex Changes is a frank, forthright, and sometimes funny challenge to the traditional ideas about gender and sexuality
Califia--a vocal sex radical as well as a therapist--explores the worlds of biology, sociology, psychology, and politics and comes to the conclusion that life and personal experience is far more complicated than most people believe...

By empowering clients to be well-informed medical consumers and by delivering care providers from the straitjacket of 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. They propose a new professional role, that of "Gender Specialist." ...

Cultural theorists have written loads of smart but difficult-to-fathom texts on gender, but none provide a hands-on, accessible guide to having your own unique gender. With My Gender Workbook, Kate Bornstein brings theory down to earth and provides a practical approach to living with or without a gender.

Part coming-of-age story, part mind-altering manifesto on gender and sexuality, coming directly to you from the life experiences of a transsexual woman, Gender Outlaw breaks all the rules and leaves the reader forever changed.26 black-and-white illustrations.

This book gives you an inside look at the gay community's perspectives on the four major issues of school curricula, workplace protections, legitimization of same-sex relationships, and protections against discrimination.

This book is designed for employers, managers, human resources personnel, implementers of employee assistance programs, and others in a position to make workplace decisions about how to handle a transsexual employee's transition from one sex to the other.

Crossdressing With Dignity by Dr. Peggy Rudd is based on a survey completed by 859 crossdressers worldwide. This book addresses the many fears, guilt and other emotions faced by the millions of men in the world who have crossed gender lines through their love of feminine attire and femininity. This book should be read by every mental health and counseling helping professional.

Paperback (July 1991)
Creative Design Services; ISBN: 1880715120

Book covers all aspects of transsexuality from what constitutes transsexuality to procedures for changing ones name, social aspects, and medical information.

Sheila's book is extremely helpful and a definite must read for any pre-op transsexual, physician, or therapist.
...a must buy book for anybody interested in transsexualism.

Book covers all aspects of transsexuality from what constitutes transsexuality to procedures for changing ones name, social aspects, and medical information.