Transgender Book Reviews

Specialists in the Medical & Psychological Aspects of Transgender Health Care

Carl W. Bushong, Ph.D., LMFT
Richard A. Martin, Jr., M.D., FACEP
Kimberly L. Westwood, CPE, CCE
et al.

Transgender Book Reviews

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Transgender :: Affirmative Practice: Understanding and Working With Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons

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Transgender :: The Best American Erotica 2003 (Unabridged Selections)

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Transgender :: Best Transgender Erotica
I came to this book with few expectations, partly because it is the first of its kind. What transgendered erotica exists is either somewhat rare and scattered around or exploitative and not very believable to those who actually are transgendered or know those who are. After reading the anthology, I realize that I could have come to it with many expectations and it still would have pleasantly surprised me. The twenty-three stories in this collection are as diverse as transpeople themselves. We see all varieties of trangender manifestations from [more]

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Transgender :: The Bible and Homosexuality

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Transgender :: Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol, and Spirit: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Lore (Cassell Sexual Politics)
Very helpful as resource material though a bit stretched in it's assumptions of certain myths. All together a good read. [more]

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Transgender :: Checklist: A Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender Bibliography

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Transgender :: Counseling Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Substance Abusers: Dual Identities

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Transgender :: Courage to Love: Liturgies for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community

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Transgender :: Current Concepts in Transgender Identity (GARLAND REFERENCE LIBRARY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE)
Dallas Denny should be congratulated for pulling together the threads from both the trans community and the (mental) health community to form rich material for the truthseeker and researcher alike: provocative discussion and dialogue on the intriguing and oft-elusive phenomenon of "transgender identity" over the course of the past half-century. This text weaves a vibrant tapestry of diverse perspectives from many of the key players in the field, tracing the clinical research, assessment and treatment of "gender dysphoria" and "Gender Identity [more]

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Transgender :: Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America

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Transgender :: Explorations in Contemporary Feminist Literature: The Battle Against Oppression for Writers of Color, Lesbian and Transgender Communities (Eruptions, Vol. 15)

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Transgender :: From Man to Woman: The Transgender Journey of Virginia Prince

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Transgender :: From Wounded Hearts: Faith Stories of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People and Those Who Love Them
This is the second printing of this ground breaking collection of stories from 49 gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people of faith.
It has been revised and added to, and almost all the authors who were anonymous in the first edition have now signed their stories.
Writing styles vary, some stories are easier to read than others, but all are written from the heart and are a look into lives that many of us know little about. [more]

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Transgender :: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Myths from the Arapaho to the Zuni: An Anthology (Counterpoints)

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Transgender :: Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender Public Policy Issues: A Citizen's and Administrator's Guide to the New Cultural Struggle (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies)

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Transgender :: Gender Blending: Transvestism (Cross-Dressing), Gender Hersey, Androgyny, Religion & the Cross-Dresser, Transgender Healthcare, Free Expression, Sex Change Surgery, wh
I read this book, but as a cross dresser, I did not find answers for me in this book. I found it informative about the many diverse classifications of transgenderism. I would not suggest this for a transgendered person to find help, but I would suggest it for a person trying to learn about transgenderism and it's many facits. I found many of the statements in the book to come from the psychiatric community, not from transgenderd people themselves. It is a book looking in, not a book from within. [more]

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Transgender :: Glad Day: Daily Meditations for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender People
This book is a collection of daily meditations for Gay, Lesbian, Transgendered, and bisexual people. Each day features a very short meditation: about two paragraphs, which gives insight on what it means to be a G/L/T/B person in today's world. Very positive! This book has helped me, as a gay person, examine how I live my life and how I can change for the better. Make it part of your daily ritual! This book sometimes gives a challenge for the day: i.e. one day gives us the challenge that if we hide our sexual identity from others, we are only [more]

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Transgender :: GLBTQ: The Survival Guide for Queer and Questioning Teens
i remember being a pre-teen, leafing through many books written for young women that followed an "our bodies ourselves" format. these books were ok, but never what i was really looking for. i didn't want information on how to ask boys to dance or how to apply lipstick- i wondered where the chapters entitled "when you don't feel like the rest or the girls" or "but what if i don't like boys?" were. what a great help it would have been to have this book! the format is "hip" but not patronizing. while this book affirms the importance of pride and [more]

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Transgender :: Handbook of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Administration and Policy (PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC POLICY)

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Transgender :: The Harris Guide 2001: The Comprehensive Guide to the GLBT Press
I bought the book the other day and it literally paid for itself in the first day when I sold an article that I had written to a publication that I had never sold one to before. Paul Harris has performed an amazing service with the guide... An editor told me that she believes that one of the main reasons for the improvement in the editorial quality of local and regional gay papers is the guide as it is increasing the number of people offering their work to editors and publishers.. [more]

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Transgender :: The Harvey Milk Institute Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Internet Research (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies)

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Transgender :: Hatred in the Hallways: Violence and Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Students in U.S. Schools

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Transgender :: Hermaphrodeities: The Transgender Spirituality Workbook
A powerful text on a much-overlooked topic in mythology: the bi-gendered gods and heroes throughout time. Although this book's subtitle is "The Transgendered Spirituality Workbook", it would definately appeal to anyone interested in world mythology, theology, history, or psychology. It is both informative and personal in writing style, and a very engaging read... a welcome addition to my world history library. [more]

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Transgender :: Identity, Speace, Power: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Politics (GLQ: a Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies)

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Transgender :: In A Queer Time And Place: Transgender Bodies, Subcultural Lives (Sexual Cultures (Paperback))

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Transgender :: Issues In Therapy With Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual And Transgender Clients

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Transgender :: Legal Queeries: Lesbian, Gay and Transgender Legal Studies

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Transgender :: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights: A Human Rights Perspective

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Transgender :: Lesbians Talk Transgender

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Transgender :: Looking Queer: Body Image and Identity in Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender Communities
Body image has always been a hot topic in the queer community, but has never been expressed so eloquently as in this book. Looking Queer is packed with first person accounts of all sorts of body image issues: from lesbians with eating disorders who are shunned from the lesbian community for being so body-oriented, to disabled gay men who can't find a place in the image-conscious gay dating scene, to transsexuals recounting the journey they've been through to get to where they are now, to intergendered people who proudly refer to themselves as [more]

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Transgender :: Love Makes a Family: Portraits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Parents and Their Families
Being bisexual and polyamory I was a tad sad that the bisexuals are hard to find in the book. Thus this is an excellent book for those who want personal insight into gay and lesbian families. Who want an honest and wonderful look at some fellow Americans and neighbors. The book is just over 250 pages and consists of wonderful first person interviews and awesome photography. But what I was so moved by and what I hope the reader pauses to read and seriously reflect on is the authors opening text "I have a thin stack of photographs from my [more]

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Transgender :: Mental Health Issues in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Communities (Review of Psychiatry, 21)

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Transgender :: 'O Au No Keia: Voices from Hawai'I's Mahu and Transgender Communities
I recently had the opportunity to read "'O Au No Keia: Voice's From Hawaii's Mahu and Transgender Community". As someone with no transgender feelings, it was a glimpse into a part of our community that I knew very little about. Its a very real book, written by the transgendered people themselves. Mr. Matzner interviewed a number of transgendered people on O'ahu, edited what they had wrote and then gave them a chance to review, correct and add to what they had said. So rather than being a book about transgender people, its really a book by [more]

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Transgender :: Our Place on Campus: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Services and Programs in Higher Education (The Greenwood Educators' Reference Collection)

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Transgender :: Out & About Campus: Personal Accounts by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender College Students
Coming out of the closet is one of those things that makes one feel out in the open and sticking out like a sore thumb. You contemplate that you might be gay or bi, then finally realize that you are and come out of the closet. Right away, especially if you're anything like me, that's exactly what goes on. Surely, right off the bat, one will feel that they can't talk on the same level let alone relate to anyone. Out of curiosity, I bought this book, and read a bunch of the stories. Although not all of them are just about coming out of the [more]

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Transgender :: Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing Up With Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents
Out Of The Ordinary is a fantastic collection of essays dealing with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and transexual parents. The level of reading can be hard at time and the book can be very descriptive but otherwise it's a fantasic book about growing up in a family were there is no mom and dad and if there is one of them is not entirly happy. A perfect book for anyone gay or kids with gay parents. A wonderful collection! [more]

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Transgender :: 'The pink ceiling is too low': Workplace experiences of lesbians, gay men and transgender people

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Transgender :: A provider's introduction to substance abuse treatment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals (SuDoc HE 20.402:SU 1/4)

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Transgender :: Queer Studies: A Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Anthology
Beemyn has edited an anthology of works from emerging academics who are studying gay life outside of the white, vanilla, male mode. This anthology has great articles on gay black men, Asian lesbians, biracial female sadomasochists, etc. It is a very welcome edition to my gay studies collection. I find myself citing articles from this anthology all the time. I truly recommend this book. I think gay men and lesbians of color will truly appreciate it. [more]

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Transgender :: Queering Creole Spiritual Traditions: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Participation in African Inspired Traditions in the Americas

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Transgender :: Research Methods With Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations (Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 3/4)

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Transgender :: Respect and Equality: Transsexual and Transgender Rights

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Transgender :: The Riddle of Gender: Science, Activism and Transgender Rights

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Transgender :: The Rights of Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals, and Transgender People (AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION HANDBOOK)

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Transgender :: Serving Transgender Youth: The Role of Child Welfare Systems

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Transgender :: Together In Love: Faith Stories of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Couples.
After Roberta Kreider's first book, "From Wounded Hearts" this second
book "Together in Love" was eagerly awaited and it does not disappoint.
Gay or straight you will find couples stories that will surprise and touch you. Even a heterosexual couple who got back together after a gender change in the husband. Truly love conquers all! [more]

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Transgender :: Toms and Dees: Transgender Identity and Female Same-Sex Relationships in Thailand (Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, Memory.)

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Transgender :: Trans-Sister Radio
I bought this book because I enjoyed Midwives, and because I am the kind of person who likes a good controversy. I expected I would learn a little about the condition known as gender dysphoria and sexual reassignment surgery, and hoped the actual plot would be interesting enough to keep me involved until the end. Imagine my surprise when I read the book in three days and was sorry to see the story end! (As a full-time office manager, part-time college student and mother of a 2-year-old, 3 days is pretty impressive.) The author tells the story [more]

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Transgender :: Transgender and HIV: Risks, Prevention, and Care

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Transgender :: Transgender Care: Recommended Guidelines, Practical Information, and Personal Accounts
Israel and Tarver write that they respect the self-determination of transgendered people, yet they propose guidelines that leave decisions about transgendered people's bodies, ultimately, in the hands of mental health professionals. The authors do not address this basic self-contradiction. To their credit, the authors also include essays by other writers, some of whom contest this autonomy-denying aspect of their proposed guidelines. [more]

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Transgender :: The Transgender Debate

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Transgender :: Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working With Gender-Variant People and Their Families (Haworth Marriage and the Family)
"The information contained in this book is SO IMPORTANT THAT NO CLINICIAN CAN AFFORD TO MISS IT. The book offers a clear, comprehensive, and cogent review of the history of the mental health field's thinking about sexuality and gender, and an extraordinarily thoughtful and extensive exploration of assessment and intervention issues with gender-variant people and their families. Lev's knowledge of the subject is phenomenal, and the breadth and clarity of her writing are brilliant. This book lays out an enormous amount of complex material in a [more]

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Transgender :: Transgender Jurisprudence

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Transgender :: Transgender Liberation: A Movement Whose Time Has Come
This book doesn't come anywhere close to Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue and it won't have you crying yourself to sleep like Stone Butch Blues. It is well written and interesting as a deeper look at Feinberg's politics and how they developed. It's just what it says it is, a call to revolution, and it is good, but if you've already read Feinberg's other stuff you won't really find anything new here. [more]

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Transgender :: Transgender Organ Grinder

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Transgender :: Transgender Subjectives: A Clinician's Guide

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Transgender :: Transgender Warriors : Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman
Of course this book is personal. Of course it is passionate. It is an important attempt by a recognized trans author and amateur historian to catalyze a larger project of tracing authentic patterns of gender expression that don't conform to the binary that has been forced upon society since the rise of class divisions (i.e., since the collapse of "primitive" or "tribal" collectivism). And the book thereby contributes to efforts to demystify the notion that "two sexes" are a scientific fact and historical truth. Hopefully others will pick up [more]

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Transgender :: We're Glad You Asked: 52 Quizzes for the Whole Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Heterosexual Family

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Transgender :: Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender College Students : A Handbook for Faculty and Administrators (The Greenwood Educators' Reference Collection)
This book is a must-have for all faculty, staff and administrators on all college campuses. General information, answers to questions one could have and how to support LGBT college students is available in one place and easy to read! I reccomend it to anyone who is interested in learning more about LGBT students, or want to know how they could better support them individually or on their campus. Get this book now and share it with others! [more]

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