Devdutt Pattanaik: The Man Who Was a Woman

And Other Queer Tales of Hindu Lore. USA 2002, 164 pp., brochure, € 59.95
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A god transforms into a nymph and enchants another god. A king becomes pregnant.A prince discovers on his wedding night that he is not a man. Another king has children who call him both father and mother. A hero turns into a eunuch and wears female apparel. A princess has to turn into a man before she can avenge her ... Weiterlesen

Francis Wheen: Who was Dr Charlotte Bach?

UK 2002, 141 pp., hardback, € 17.59
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In 1971 a curious new figure appeared on the London academic scene. Charlotte Bach was a former lecturer at the University of Budapest, and she had a new theory of sex and evolution which was soon being heralded as one of the greatest intellectual advances of the 20th century. She would demonstrate beyond doubt that sexual deviation was the mainspring ... Weiterlesen

Luc Brisson: Sexual Ambivalence

USA 2002, 196pp., brochure, € 34.95
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This book collects and translates most of the extant Graeco-Roman writing on human beings, divinities, animals, and other creatures who were both female and male. The author provides a commentary that situates the rich source material within its historical and intellectual contexts. These selections- from mythological, philosophical, historical, and anecdotal sources - describe cases of either simultaneous dual sexuality, as ... Weiterlesen

Vanessa Sheridan: Crossing over

USA 2001, 157 pp., brochure, € 20.59
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Claiming her identity as both christian and transgendered, the author offers insight into the transgender experience and confronts the harsh reality of injustice prevalent in society and in the church toward those who are differently gendered. Her passionate writing offers hope for those who are transgendered as well as challenging all christians to include transgendered persons into the full life ... Weiterlesen

Leslie Feinberg: Trans Liberation

USA 1998, 147 pp., brochure, € 39.95
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In this collection of speeches and new writing, Leslie Feinberg argues passionately for the acceptance of all trans peoples - and for the absolute necessity of building coalitions between all progressive political groups. Speaking to an audience of 350 male heterosexual crossdressers and their partners at the Texas »T« Party - a speech at which Feinberg was the only person ... Weiterlesen

Kate Bornstein: Gender Outlaw

On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us. USA 1995, 253 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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Told with humor, honesty, and outrageous flair, »Gender Outlaw« is the unique story of a transgendered woman who never stops questioning our central cultural assumptions. Whether she is describing the nuts and bolts of her sex-change surgery or outing the hidden gender messages in popular culture, Bornstein pushes us gently but profoundly to the farthest borders of the gender frontier. ... Weiterlesen

Rose Tremain: Sacred Country

UK 1992, 321 pp., brochure, € 12.95
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»I have a secret to tell you, dear, and this is it: I am not Mary. That is a mistake. I am not a girl. I'm a boy.« Mary's fight to become Martin, her claustrophobic small town, and her troubled family make up the core of this remarkable and intimate, emotional yet unsentimental novel. As daring as Virginia Woolf's »Orlando«, ... Weiterlesen