Paul Hewitt with J Warren - Headline Press 1995 £5.59
a recent diary account of what it is like to start hormone therapy and have breast surgery
Di Ceglie with David Freedman - Karnac books - pub nov.98 £24.95
(papers from conference on gender variance in childhood)
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Bryan Tully - Whiting and Birch PO Box 872, London SE23 3HL
Click here for more information about the paperback version of Accounting for..etc priced £16.95 or click here for more information about the hardback version of Accounting for...etc priced £39.95
AS NATURE MADE HIM - THE BOY WHO WAS RAISED AS A GIRLJohn Colapinto - HarperCollins - 2000
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BODY ALCHEMY: Transsexual PortraitsLoren Cameron - 1996. - £13.69
A photographical focus on the complex transition from which transsexual men emerge. Cameron's photographs are exquisite and meaningful.
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Liz Hodgkinson - 1991 - Virgin Books - ISBN 0-86287-317-7
An overview of transsexualism in Britain. Includes many short biographies.
Ann Moir and David Jessel - Michael Joseph - £5.59
An exploration of the differences between male and female, Entertaining.
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Ed. Ray Blanchard Phd and Betty W. Steiner - American Psychiatric Press - £26.50
Randi Ettner, Ph.D - 1996 - £11.99
In spite of gender's mysteries and voyeuristic possibilities, Dr. Ettner goes far in helping us to close the imposing empathy gap that inevitably exists between sex-gender congruent and incongruent persons. This delightful book should be read in one sitting by anyone who comes into contact with transgendered persons - helping professionals, family members, friends, clergy, civil servants, and "significant others."
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J Morris 1974 - London, Hodder and Stoughton.
The autobiography of the writer Jan Morris
Mark Rees - Cassell 1996 - £12.16
Rees was the first TS in the UK to go to the European Court of Human Rights. Also he is one of the founders of Press For Change the campaign and lobby group on behalf of TS/TG rights in the UK. He is a great campaigner on behalf of the cause with a very public profile and a leading figure in the UK FtM network.
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Jennifer Anne Stevens - Different Path Press, 4 Standish St, Provincetown, Mass, 02657, USA
TS & TV advice handbook
H Devor (1989) - Bloomington: Indiana University Press - £8.20
Discusses the social and cultural issues relating to female cross-dressing and female to male transsexualism etc.
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Edited by Walter O Bocking, Drs Eli Coleman PhD - Haworth Press
This text provides up-to-date, cutting edge information on hormonal therapy, outcome, and other aspects of cross-gender identity.
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Di Ceglie et al Royal College of Psychiatrists Council report CR63, Jan 1998 £5
Kenneth J Zucker and Susan J Bradley - Guilford Press, 72 Spring St, New York, NY 10012 £34.50
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GENDER OUTLAW On Men women and the rest of usKate Bornstein (1994) - Routledge £18.29
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Phyllis Burke - 1996.
An exploration of the many myths surrounding our rigid gender system of male and female. Analyzing the latest research in psychology, genetics, neurology, and sociology, Burke finds that gender is not the result of one's biological sex, and that gender and sexuality are separate elements of the self
David Thomas - Humour/Fiction - Signet Books - Out of Print - £4.99
MAN ENOUGH TO BE A WOMANJayne County (was Wayne County, ex-drag queen and in-your-face rock singer) - Serpent's Tail, - £9.59
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Liz Hodgkinson - 1989 - Out of print - London. Columbus Books ltd
An account of the life of the first trans man in Britain in the 1940s/50s.
Just Evelyn - 3707 5th Ave #413, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
Written by a parent of a teenage son who soon became a teenage daughter, who helped her child transition. A personal and helpful story. See Book Review on this site
Caroline Cossey - Faber and Faber
A good autobiography of the model Tula.
Renee Richards with John Ames - Stein and Day 1983
Autobiography of Martina Navratilova's tennis coach - NB This has also been made into a TV Movie.
SEX CHANGES - the Politics of TransgenderismPat Califia - 1997 - £9.30
A lesbian writer examines the lives of transgender pioneers and contemporary transgender activists and gives us a meticulous analysis of trangender history and politics.
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Sex, Gender & Sexuality: 21st Century TransformationsTracie O'Keefe - 2002 - £13.99
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Richard Green (and other books by this author) - ISBN 0-14-00.3957.0
STONE BUTCH BLUESLeslie Feinberg - Fiction - £7.65
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TAKE IT LIKE A MANBoy George with Spencer Bright - Pan books
Click here for more information about the Paperback Book Take it like a man priced £5.59 or the Audio Book Take it like a man priced £8.99
C.A. Tripp - Meridan, 1987 (second edition).
Although primarily concerned with homosexuality, Tripp also explores the nature of femininity and effeminacy apart from sexual orientation.
THE SACRED COUNTRYRose Tremayne - Fiction
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Richard Green, M.D., - University Press, 1987.
Boyhood effeminacy is often a marker for later homo- sexuality. But the author does not claim that effeminacy leads to homosexuality. The case histories show that while the two phenomenon are related, they are not connected.
Stephen Whittle - Garnet Publishing, March 2000 - £2.80
This short book is intended to be a resource primarily for non-trans people who wish to get a simple grasp on current transgender issues. Perfect for older high school students, university undergraduates from many fields who need a simple explanation to the back ground of their project work, and for family and friends of trans people who simply want to understand.
It addresses the historical, social, legal and medical issues surrounding the new community. The book throws light onto what are complex issues, clarifying them in a way that all those who think they know what gender roles mean, will be called to question the certainties they are no longer about.
Transgender has become a cultural obsession. From the high camp of Ru Paul to the working class transsexual icon, Hayley of the UK's longest running soap "Coronation Street", it pervades our lives. Yet for many it remaines a freakish interest on the sidelines. For transsexual and transgender people, though, it is a reality bound up in complexities, legal contradictions, family discord, and a desperate need to explain what it means to be a man or a woman, or neither, or both.
THE UNINVITED DILEMMAK Stuart - Metamorphous Press 1983 - £9.99
In-depth research and interviews with transpeople, medical/mental health professionals and loved ones of the Transpeople
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Mary Boenke - Walter Trook Publishing 1999 - isbn 0-9663272-1-7
Real stories about transgendered loved ones. eye-opening, educational, informative and above all, supportive. Visit Amazon.com to order. NB This book is not available from Amazon.co.uk but it's siter company of Amazon.com
TRANSGENDER WARRIORS - Making History from Joan of Arc to RuPaul.Leslie Feinberg - Beacon Press, Boston - 1996 - £10.97
This book unearths a vast body of evidence that throughout history there have always been people who defy cultural boundaries of sex and gender.
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Edited by William A W Walters & Michael W Ross - £23.50
F Lewins 1995 - Melbourne, Macmillan. - £13.99
Written by the parent of a transsexual, it discusses the processes by which someone achieves their gender change.
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Gerald Ramsay PhD - Crossing Press, Freedom Calif. 95019 - 1996 - £20.99 - ISBN 0 - 89594 - 790 - 0
Explanatory, easy Q and A format.. Good for families etc
Richard F Docter PhD - Plenum Press, New York, 1988 - Plenum Publishing - £38.75
A milestone work that uncovers new territory concerning cross-gender behavior. This book also contains important observations about pseudo- or secondary transseexualism.
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Melanie McMullen & Stephen Whittle - The Gender Trust & The Beaumont Trust - £10
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Tracie O'Keefe & Katrina Fox - pub 1997, Extraordinary People Press, £11.99
A personal overview of transsexualism
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TRUE SELVESMildred Brown and Chloe Ann Rounsley - pub 1997 by Jossey Bass. - £13.72
Excellent explanatory book for friends and relatives. Must read.
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Raymond Thompson with Kitty Sewell - pub June 1995 £6.99 - Penguin
A Girl's journey into manhood. A story of growing and undergoing hormones and surgery in the 1980s. Very strong, but a good story.