Resources for Transgender, Transsexual, Intersex, and GenderQueer Individuals, Their Families & Friends

 

Quote from a female-to-male transsexual:
"I mistakenly came out to my mother as a lesbian in 1973;
she told me that I had an over-active imagination and watched too much television.
When I came out to her as a transsexual 22 years later, she said:
'Are you sure you wouldn't rather go back to being just a lesbian?'"
- Author unknown -

 

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The following information and resources were provided to us by one of our local PFLAGers, Daria.  We truly appreciate this enlightening and informative information!

Here are a few resources for comprehending transsexualism.  Transsexualism has been around since womankind has.  The significant difference today is that now those who suffer from Gender Identity Disorder have the medical means to more truly live as the gender they believe themselves to be.  Most of the books on the subject tend to fall into two categories, cold clinical books or sensationalistic freakish treatments.  Transsexualism, transvestism, cross-dressing, she-males, etc., are often lumped together but are in reality very different and should be treated separately.

Just as the achievements of other minority groups have been negated so have those of transsexuals.  Transsexuals are as varied as the general population.  Some have high achievements and scientists, lawyers, doctors.  Here are the links to the website’s of a few -- there are many others.

  • Lynn Conway (website 1; website 2)-- Computer Scientist Electrical Engineer, Inventor, Research Manager, Professor of Electrical and Computer Science, Emerita University of Michigan

  •  Becky Allison, MD

A few good books:

  • “True Selves” is one of the best books describing transsexualism and is in a format that is understandable by anyone.  It is one of the most compassionate treatments of the subject.  It describes the Dilemma and the resolution.

  • “Understanding Transsexualism for Families, Friends, Co-Workers and Helping Professionals”, by Mildred L. Brown and Chloe Ann Rounsley. (Publisher's website)

  • “Sex Changes – The Politics of Transgendersim” by Pat Califia.  Covers social, political, and historical issues.

  • “Mirrors – Portrait of a Lesbian Transsexual” Geri Nettick with Beth Elliot.  The heartbreaking and empowering story of a Geri Nettick in the lesbian feminist community.

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