Rachel Pepper (ed.): Transitions of the Heart

Stories of Love, Struggle and Acceptance by Mothers of Transgender and Gender Variant Children. USA 2012, 204 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Cleis
This is the first collection to invite mothers of transgender and gender variant children to tell their own stories. Often »transitioning« socially and emotionally alongside their children, parents have their own parallel process to work through, and few resources to depend on. The editor has gathered voices of women from all walks of life, with children ranging in age from ... Weiterlesen

Diane Ehrensaft: Gender Born, Gender Made

USA 2011, 304 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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No two children who bend the so-called rules of gender do so in quite the same way. But all gender-nonconforming children have one thing in common - they need support to thrive in a society that still subscribes to a binary system of gender. Dr. Diane Ehrensaft has worked with children like Felicia, Sam, and Maggie for over 30 years. ... Weiterlesen

Tristan Taormino (ed.): Take Me There

Trans and Genderqueer Erotica. USA 2011, 293 pp., brochure, € 19.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Cleis - Trans and Genderqueer Erotica
In mainstream media, the erotic identities, sex lives and fantasies of transgender and genderqueer people are often oversimplified, sensationalized or invisible. »Take Me There« is an erotica collection unlike any other, celebrating the pleasure, heat and diversity of transgender and genderqueer sexualities. These stories will take you from San Francisco to Israel, from heartache to lust, from ballet shoes to ... Weiterlesen

Chaz Bono: Transition

The Story of How I Became a Man. USA 2011, 245 pp. with photographs, hardbound, € 21.29
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For better or worse, since his TV debut at the age of two, she has always been thought of as Sonny and Cher's adorable daughter, Chastity. Her parents' decision to put her on their TV show has shaped the course of her entire life: that cherubic little girl from the TV screen would grow up to be a middle-aged man. ... Weiterlesen

Raveh Kaldera: Hermaphrodeities

The Transgender Spirituality Workbook. UK 2010, 338 pp., brochure, € 34.95
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Transgendered people have long been robbed of their own spiritual history, not knowing that there were once times and places where ours was considered a spiritual path in and of itself. This book explores both our spiritual history and our modern predicaments, shaping the outline of a contemporary spiritual path for those of us who don't fit into just one ... Weiterlesen

Michael Cart (ed.): How Beautiful the Ordinary

USA 2009, 368 pp., hardbound, € 18.95
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A girl thought to be a boy steals her sister's skirt, while a boy thought to be a girl refuses to wear a cornflower blue dress. One boy's love of a soldier leads to the death of a stranger. The present takes a bittersweet journey into the past when a man revisits the summer school where he had »an accidental ... Weiterlesen

Joanne Herman: Transgender Explained

For Those Who Are Not. USA 2009, 148 pp., brochure, € 13.49
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Joanne Herman, a transgender woman who read everything in sight to understand her own gender incongruity, has been helping others with her non-complicated explanations of transgender for almost a decade. Now she has written down her explanations for all to read. Organized by topic into short, easy-to-read chapters, the book is perfect for parents, relatives, colleagues, friends, allies and even ... Weiterlesen

Mehmet Murat Somer: The Gigolo Murder

A Hop-Ciki Yaya Thriller (III). Transl.by Kenneth J. Dakan. UK 2009, 260 pp., brochure, € 10.99
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Devastated by a break-up, our unnamed Turkish transvestite heroine swaps her catsuit for pyjamas and becomes a recluse. But her friends refuse to let her waste away in self-pity and drag her out to make up the numbers for a party. There's serious grooming to do before our girl's up to the challenge - her state of misery has left ... Weiterlesen

John Gilmore: Hollywood Boulevard

USA 2009, 278 pp., hardbound, € 16.95
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Alone in a tiny apartment off Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood-born Eli Woodrow pursues his dreams at a snail's pace. His world is garbage and he accepts it. His gift as an »art« photographer has been mostly lost in the shuffle. The closest to fame is the porn films he shoots. Pimps, hookers, addicts and boulevard bottom feeders are grist for Eli's ... Weiterlesen

Mehmet Murat Somer: The Kiss Murder

A Hop-Ciki Yaya Thriller. UK 2009, 247 pp., brochure, € 11.29
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Being Istanbul's foremost transvestite detective, nightclub owner and computer expert is pretty time-consuming. So when our girl receives a visit from her hysterical friend Buse asking for help, she is initailly reluctant to commit. Buse has, for several years, kept in flagranti photos and letters from a former relationship with a powerful man. So when her apartment is ransacked and ... Weiterlesen

David Valentine: Imagining Transgender

USA 2008, 303 pp., brochure, € 24.20
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This ethnography of the emergence and institutionalization of transgender as a category of collective identity and political activism shows how activists in the 1990s embraced the category. The category quickly gained momentum in public health, social service, scholarly, and legislative contexts. The author conducted ethnographic research among mostly male-to-female transgender-identified people at drag balls, support groups, cross-dresser organizations, clinics, ... Weiterlesen

Pagan Kennedy: The First Man-Made Man

USA 2008, 214 pp., brochure, € 12.39
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
In the 1920s, when Laura Dillon felt like a man trapped in a woman's body, there were no words to describe her condition, and there was no known solution. During a time when plastic surgery and synthetic hormones were in their infancy, Dillon pursued a course of action that was both socially unheard of and potentially life threatening. From upper-class ... Weiterlesen

Julia Serano: Whipping Girl

A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity. USA 2007, 390 pp., pb., € 24.95
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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 our societal attitudes toward ... Weiterlesen

Ski Hunter: Coming Out and Disclosures

USA 2007, 219 pp., brochure, € 22.59
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This book is a one-of-a-kind guide to the coming-out process for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals, how to prepare for disclosure, and how disclosure is received in various groups. It also examines sexual orientation and identities, developmental models of coming out, disclosure in adolescence, midlife, or later, coming out to parents and family members, and disclosure to non-family. Moreover, ... Weiterlesen

John Hemingway: Strange Tribe

A Family Memoir. USA 2007, 219 pp., hardbound, € 22.59
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This family memoir reveals the peculiar dynamics between Ernest Hemingway and his youngest son, Gregory, the author's father. Gregory tried to live up to Ernest's macho reputation throughout his life. Yet as a cross-dresser and (ultimately) a transsexual, Gregory was obsessed with his »female half«, and he struggled with personal demons until his death at the Women's Correctional Facility of ... Weiterlesen

Virginia Erhardt: Head Over Heels

USA 2007, 233 pp., brochure, € 18.29
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
This book tells the real stories of ordinary women living extraordinary lives with their gender-variant natal male partners (cross-dressers, transgenderists, and male-to-female transsexuals). These unique women discuss, with honesty and great candor, how they first learned of their partners' gender issues, how they've coped with the emotions that followed, how they've dealt with concerns about privacy/secrecy, and how they've handled ... Weiterlesen

Helen Boyd: She's Not the Man I Married

USA 2007, 311 pp., brochure, € 15.69
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Helen Boyd's husband is considering becoming a woman, a choice that would alter both of their lives forever. But in what ways? The author explores the impact her husband's gender change threatens to have on their relationship. And how about her own feelings about being married to a transgender partner. Boyd, an androgynous-looking heterosexual woman (often mistaken for a lesbian), ... Weiterlesen

Duncan Tucker (R): Transamerica

USA 2005, engl.OF, engl.UT, 99 min., € 18.99
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Pathé
Comedy drama starring Felicity Huffman as a pre-operative transsexual named Bree. One week before going under the knife, Bree learns that she fathered a boy who is now 17 and in trouble with the law. Bree helps her son, Toby (Kevin Zegers), who believes that she is simply a do-gooder. She buys a car and the two take a road ... Weiterlesen