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Thomas Beatie Labor of Love. The Story of One Man's Extraordinary Pregnancy Labor of Love chronicles Thomas Beatie's unique life experiences: his less-than-idyllic childhood in Hawaii; his transition from female to male; his marriage to his wife, Nancy; his legal battles to live as a man; his fight to conceive a child; and the birth of their daughter, Susan, in late June. Labor of Love is a groundbreaking book because it tackles social, political, and legal questions about gender, marriage, and family. Thomas and Nancy's uphill battle to have a baby is both fascinating and touching. They are a normal couple who wanted a family, and yet the circumstances surrounding their desire to get pregnant and their journey to get there are truly extraordinary. Labor of Love is much more than the story of a unique pregnancy and birth—it's a beautiful and controversial love story, a story of going against the tide, and a powerful and important statement about the evolution of family in the new millennium. (Engelstalig)
Seal Press, 2008, 280 pag, ISBN 9781580052870. Meer info.
Loren Cameron Body Alchemy. Transsexual portraits Body Alchemy is Loren Cameron's intensely personal photo documentary of female-to-male transsexuals (FTMs). A transsexual himself, Cameron brings a sensitive, sophisticated insider's eye to his subject matter. Using documentary style, a series of before-and-after photographs documenting the transformation of a number of FTMs in Cameron's transsexual community, his own striking self-portraits, and intimate autobiographical text, Loren invites the viewer to experience this transformational rite of passage. (Engelstalig)
Cleis Press, 1996, 110 pag, ISBN 978-1-57344-062-2. Meer info.
Leslie Feinberg Transgender Liberation: A Movement Whose Time Has Come.
A Marxist view of when and why trans oppression arose. It asks why there is so much violence against transgender and transsexual people, who decides the 'norms' of gender expression, and why some people are punished for their identities and self-expression. (Engelstalig. Ook verkrijgbaar in Duits en Spaans)
World View Forum, 1992, ISBN 978-0895671059. Meer info.
Leslie Feinberg Stone Butch Blues: A Novel
Woman or man? That's the question that rages like a storm around Jess Goldberg, clouding her life and her identity. Growing up differently gendered in a blue--collar town in the 1950's, coming out as a butch in the bars and factories of the prefeminist '60s, deciding to pass as a man in order to survive when she is left without work or a community in the early '70s. This powerful, provocative and deeply moving novel sees Jess coming full circle, she learns to accept the complexities of being a transgendered person in a world demanding simple explanations: a he-she emerging whole, weathering the turbulence. This brave, original novel is considered to be the finest account ever written of the complexities of a transgendered existence. (Engelstalig)
Alyson Books, 1993, 320 pag, ISBN 978-1555838539. Meer info.
Leslie Feinberg Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman
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. Out of hir embattled childhood and teenage years as a gender outlaw, Feinberg began a search for others like hir in history. (Engelstalig)
Beacon Press, 1997, 218 pag, ISBN 978-0807079416. Meer info.
Leslie Feinberg Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue
Trans Liberation is the phrase that has come to refer to all those who blur or bridge the boundary of the sex or gender expression they were assigned at birth: cross-dressers, transsexuals, intersex people, Two Spirits, bearded females, masculine females and feminine males, drag kings and drag queens. In this inspiring collective 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. (Engelstalig)
Beacon Press, 1999, 160 pag, ISBN 978-0807079515. Meer info.
Leslie Feinberg Drag King Dreams
Drag King Dreams is the story of Max Rabinowitz, a butch lesbian bartender at an East Village club where drag kings, dykes dressed as men, perform. A veteran of the women's and gay movement of the past 30 years, Max's mid-life crisis hits in the midst of the post-9/11 world. Max is lonely and uncertain about her future—fearful in fact of America's future with its War on Terror and War in Iraq—with only a core group of friends to turn to for reassurance. Max is shaken from her crisis, however, by the news that her friend Vickie, a transvestite, has been found murdered on her way home late one night. As the community of cross-dressers, drag queens, lesbian and gay men, and "genderqueers" of all kinds stand up together in the face of this tragedy, Max taps into the activist spirit she thought had long disappeared and for the first time in years discovers hope for her future. (Engelstalig)
Seal Press, 2006, 280 pag, ISBN 978-0786717637. Meer info.
Jamison Green Becoming a Visible Man
Written by a leading activist in the transgender movement, Becoming a Visible Man is an artful and compelling inquiry into the politics of gender. Jamison Green combines candid autobiography with informed analysis to offer unique insight into the multiple challenges of the female-to-male transsexual experience, ranging from encounters with prejudice and strained relationships with family to the development of an FTM community and the realities of surgical sex reassignment. (Engelstalig)
Vanderbilt University Press, 2004, 264 pag, ISBN 978-0-8265-1457-8. Meer info.
Paul Hewitt en Jane Warren Un homme en elle
"Ik heette vroeger Martine, ik had een vrouwenlichaam en mooie blonde haren. Ik hield van lippenstift en mini-jurken, maar diep in mezelf wist ik zeker dat ik een man was..." (Franstalig)
Liz Hodgkinson Michael, née Laura: The World's First Female to Male Transsexual
As Laura, Dillon had a humdrum childhood in Folkestone, where she was raised by two miserly maiden aunts. Always she rebelled against their expectations that she would grow up a conventional, compliant young lady, happy to wait for the day when some man would make her his wife. She favoured masculine pursuits and made greater intellectual demands on herself than were ever expected of young women of her aristocratic background. Then came the struggle for a university place and the start of Laura's fight to become male.
Liz Hodgkinson's account of the life of this remarkable and accomplished individual is based on Dillon's unpublished autobiography and correspondence as well as extensive interviews with those who knew him. (Michael née Laura was used by playwright/actor Phil Kingston as the basis for Michael's story in his production Dr. Dillon & Ms. Georgia: Two Transgender Lives.) (Engelstalig?)
Columbus Books, 1989, 208 pag, ISBN 0-86287-872-1. Meer info.
Tracie O'Keefe en Katrina Fox Finding the real me. True Tales of Sex and Gender Diversity Finding the Real Me is an extraordinary collection of real-life stories told by a wide-range of sex and gender diverse people. These healing tales of struggle and transformation reveal just how creative, resourceful, and adventurous the individuals in this community can be and also helps to bridge the gap between ignorance and understanding. As each incredible story unfolds we become part of the author's journey to self-acceptance and join the celebration of their new life. Page by page, we laugh, cry, and learn to appreciate these wonderful courageous people and the road they walked to be their true selves. Finding the Real Me is a landmark book that encourages us to embrace diversity, to never fear our differences, and to remain always in awe of our amazing possibilities. (Engelstalig)
Jossey-Bass, 2003, 320 pag, ISBN 978-0-7879-6547-1. Meer info.
Dean Kotula The Phallus Palace: Female to Male Transsexuals The Phallus Palace is a bold approach to the subject of female to male transexuals (FTMs). Personal testaments from FTMs and contributions from a host of others place the subject of transsexualism into a historical, medical,psychological and cultural context. Captivating photographs guide the reader from the FTMs female personae, through surgical operations, to portraits of the men whose self and public identities are finally revealed as one.
Dean Kotula has worked as a documentary photographer for twenty years. Dean changed his sex from female to male under the scrutinizing eyes of 2,000 predominantly male shipyard workers while working as a machinist. The ensuing ordeal prompted him to create this book A native Minnesotan, Dean now resides in Massachusetts where he co-owns an antique business. (Engelstalig)
Alyson Books, 2002, 253 pag, ISBN 978-1555836542. Meer info.
Mario Martino Emergence: a Transsexual Autobiography
Verhaal van een vrouw-naar-man transseksueel, dat door de Amerikaanse Harry Benjamin, pionier op het gebied van de studie van transseksualiteit als een waardevol autobiografisch verhaal wordt aanzien, zowel voor de transseksuelen zelf als hun familie, maar ook een antwoord weet te formuleren op de vaak terugkerende reacties van onbegrip uit de omgeving. (Engelstalig)
Crown Publishers, 1977, 273 pag, ISBN 0517529521. [Niet meer leverbaar]
Anja Meister Fremd im eigenen Körper: von Marietta zu Mario - die Geschichte einer Geschlechtsumwandlung
Als Mädchen mit dem Namen Marietta geboren und in Heimen aufgewachsen, spürte Mario von klein auf eine unerklärliche Kluft zwischen sich und den anderen Kindern. In seinem Mädchenkörper fühlte er sich oft wie in einem Kerker gefangen. Erst nach Jahren innerer Spaltung und Zerrissenheit und der Geburt des Sohnes Markus schaffte es Mario, sich von der Qual, fremd im eigenen Körper zu leben, zu befreien und sich >>umoperieren<< zu lassen. Das bewegende Dokument einer Geschlechtsumwandlung, mutig und schonungslos in seiner Offenheit... (Duitstalig)
Heyen Verlag, 1994, 172 pag, ISBN 3-453-07042-9.
Daniel van Oosterwyck Il - Elle
November 1951. Gezeten vanachter in een klas. De kleine Danielle van zeven luistert naar de lerares die hen onderwijst dat het de goede God is, de schepper van alle dingen, die de zieltjes en de lichamen samenbrengt van de baby's die geboren worden. En plotseling verschijnt voor hem de verschrikkelijke waarheid. Voor haar heeft 'hij' zich vergist. In plaats van zijn ziel een klein jongetje te geven heeft hij hem gevangen in het lichaam van een klein meisje. Januari 1974, de goddelijke vergissing is hersteld. Daniel Van Oosterwyck verlaat het Londens hospitaal waar een dertiende chirurgische ingreep een einde maakt aan de behandeling die van hem fysiek de man heeft gemaakt die hij in al die tijd psychisch is geweest. Zij was zeven jaar, hij is er vandaag dertig, tussen die twee getallen liggen er tweeëntwintig jaren. Hoe zijn die verlopen? (Franstalig)
Edition Rossel, 1975, 409 pag. [Niet meer leverbaar]
Minnie Bruce Pratt S/He
This brave memoir chronicles Pratt’s struggle to overcome the repressive traditions of Southern womanhood and live her life honestly. It chronicles her youth, her marriage, her eventual decision to come out as a lesbian, and her life with transgendered activist and author Leslie Feinberg. (Engelstalig)
Alyson Books, 2005, 192 pag, ISBN: 978-1555838881. Meer info.
Rebecca Swan Assume nothing
Einfühlsame sinnliche Bilder und Texte von Menschen, die mit einem uneindeutigen Geschlecht leben. "Assume nothing" - Setz nichts voraus - feiert in einfühlsamen sinnlichen Portraits berühmte und unbekannte Menschen aus aller Welt, die außerhalb der Sicherheit geschlechtlicher Zuordnung leben. Seit nunmehr über 10 Jahren wird im Rahmen der Gendertheorie die Bedeutung der Auflösung starrer Geschlechtergrenzen debattiert, verschiedene künstlerische Produktionen der letzten Zeit haben dieses Thema einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit nahegebracht (z.B. der Film Venusboys von Gabriel Baur, oder das Buch Sublime Mutations von Del LaGrace Volcano). Rebecca Swan stellt in ihrem Buch in nahen und einfach schönen Bildern die Vielfalt des "flüssigen" Geschlechts vor. Begleitet werden ihre Bilder von sehr persönlichen Texten der abgebildeten Menschen. (Engels- en Duitstalig)
Konkursbuch, 2004, 52 pag, ISBN 978-3887693138. Meer info.
Max Wolf Valerio The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male
Max Wolf Valerio crafts a raw, gripping, and poetic account of life before, during, and after injecting testosterone. Valerio's detailed observations about a lesbian transitioning from female to a heterosexual male highlights the physical and emotional differences between women and men, and alternately challenges and confirms readers' assumptions about gender. (Engelstalig)
Seal Press, 2006, 280 pag, ISBN 978-1580051736. Meer info.
Mariette Pathy Allen The Gender Frontier
Boek dat focust op de strijd voor gelijke rechten van genderdysforici in de Verenigde Staten. Verscheidene mensen komen aan het woord, levensverhalen worden verteld, maar de aandacht gaat vooral naar de foto's. Soms kan een blik meer vertellen dan duizend woorden... (Engels- en Duitstalig)
Kehrer Verlag, 2003, 108 pag, ISBN 3-936-636-04-4. Meer info.
Kate Bornstein Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us
This is the book that started it all. Part coming-of-age story, part mind-altering manifesto on gender and sexuality, Gender Outlaw breaks all the rules and leaves the reader forever changed. (Engelstalig)
Vintage, 1995, 272 pag, ISBN: 978-0679757016. Meer info.
Kate Bornstein My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely In My Gender Workbook, Kate brings theory down to Earth and provides a practical guide to living with or without a gender. Using a unique, deceptively simple and always entertaining workbook format, Kate gently but firmly guides you to discover your own unique gender identity. She also takes aim at recent efforts to naturalize gender differences, putting books like Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus squarely where they belong: on Uranus. If you don't think you are transgendered when you sit down to read this book, you will be by the time you finish it! (Engelstalig)
Routledge, 1997, 304 pag, ISBN: 978-0415916738. Meer info.
Stephanie Brill, Rachel Pepper The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals
What do you do when your son insists on wearing a dress to school? Or when your toddler daughter's first sentence is that she's a boy? Offering an extensive understanding of gender-variant and transgender youth, The Transgender Child answers these questions and more. Covering developmental, legal, medical, and school issues, The Transgender Child is a comprehensive, first-of-its-kind guidebook for the unique challenges that thousands of families face raising children who step outside of the pink or blue box. Hoewel de medische en juridische zaken in Nederland en België vaak anders geregeld zijn, kan de rest van het boek heel interessant zijn. (Engelstalig)
Cleis Press, 2008, 200 pag, ISBN: 978-1-57344-318-0. Meer info.
Holly Devor FTM: Female-to-Male Transsexuals in Society
The author of the groundbreaking book Gender Blending here turns her attention to the little-known world of female-to-male transsexuals. Who are they? How do they come to know themselves as transsexual? What do they do about it? How do their families cope? Who loves them? What does it mean for the rest of us? A detailed and intimate portrait of the life experiences of 45 female-to-male transsexuals. (Engelstalig)
Indiana University Press, 1999, 728 pag, ISBN: 978-0-253-21259-7. Meer info.
Stephen Whittle The White Book: A Really Interesting Manual for Inhabiting a Trans Man's Being
Dit boek is geschreven door Stephen Whittle, coördinator van het UK FTM Network, maar vele mensen hebben hun medewerking aan het boek verleend via artikelen. Het boek beoogt 'alles' te behandelen waarover je je vragen kunt stellen als je zelf een vrouw-naar-man transseksueel bent: wat is transseksualiteit, welke behandeling, hormoontherapie, chirurgie, wat mag je verwachten van je dokter, hoe vertel je 'het' aan een partner, wens je kinderen, kun je huwen, seksleven met je partner, interessante boeken... Een greep uit de onderwerpen, die duidelijk worden uitgelegd. Veel artikelen gaan over de situatie in het Verenigd Koninkrijk (juridische kwesties, gezondheidszorg, prijzen enz.), maar dat maakt de inhoud voor ons er niet minder interessant op. Een aanrader! (Engelstalig)
Press for Change, 1998, 180 pag, ISBN: 0-9527842-1-1. Meer info.
Lynn Flewelling Hidden Warrior (Tamir Trilogy, Book 2)
As the orphaned nephew of the king, trusted companion to his cousin, and second heir to the throne of Skala, Prince Tobin's future is clear. But not as clear as the spring in which a hill witch shows him his true face--and his secret destiny... Now Tobin carries a burden he cannot share with even his closest friend, Ki, his squire. He is to rule--not as he is but as he was born: a woman. Given the shape of a boy by dark magic, Tobin is the last hope of the people of Illior--those who desperately seek a return to the old ways, when Skala was ruled by a line of warrior queens. They still believe that only a woman can lift the war, famine, and pestilence that have run rampant through the land since the king usurped his half sister's throne. It is these outlaw wizards and witches who protect Tobin--and it is for them that Tobin must accept his fate. With the unsuspecting yet fiercely loyal Ki at his side, Tobin must turn traitor against the only blood ties he has left. He must lift the masks of Skala's rulers to show their true colors--before he can reveal the power of the woman within himself. (Engelstalig)
Spectra, 2003, 576 pag, ISBN: 978-0-553-58342-7. Meer info.
Verkooppunten
Gespecialiseerde boekhandels, zoals Savannah Bay (specialist voor transmannen!) en Vrolijk in Nederland en 't Verschil in Vlaanderen. Maar natuurlijk ook de betere reguliere boekhandels, videotheken en online-winkels, bijv. Bol.com.
Veel oudere titels zijn niet meer leverbaar, maar zijn tweedehands nog wel te vinden. Bijv. bij Boekwinkeltjes.nl en De Slegte.
