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2024.
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"For a long time, Lucy Sante felt unsure of her place. Born in Belgium, the only child of conservative working-class Catholic parents who transplanted their little family to the United States, she felt at home only when she moved to New York City in the early 1970s and found her people among a band of fellow bohemians. Some would die young, to drugs and AIDS, and some would become jarringly famous. Sante flirted with both fates, on her way to building...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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"Hey I'm Jamie, a trans guy from the UK. I've been transitioning since I was 16, after realising I was trans (by accident!) and finally finding the words to express who I was. Since then. I've been on testosterone for more than a decade, had top and bottom surgery, and legally changed my sex, so I know a few things about the transitioning process and being trans! Welcome to The T in LGBT. From realising you're trans and coming out to friends and family,...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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"With over 200 entries ranging from Ancient Egypt to contemporary developments in law, media, and politics, the Transgender Encyclopedia shows how gender diversity spans the world and has done so for millennia. Read about how cultures have recognized and affirmed third and fourth genders. The history and development of trans activism is highlighted, making this an outstanding volume for those in the community who seek connection and inspiration, as...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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"Leslie Bruin is assigned to the backwoods township of Spar Creek by the Frontier Nursing Service to vaccinate the flock, birth babies, and weather judgements of churchy locals who look at him and see a failed woman. Forged in the fires of the Western Front and reborn in the cafes of Paris, Leslie believes he can handle whatever is thrown at him--but Spar Creek holds a darkness beyond his nightmares."-- from jacket flap.
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Reports on individuals who have undergone gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers, hormone therapies, and surgeries, and who have later sought to reverse these treatments, and in some cases have filed lawsuits regarding their experiences. This book uses in-depth interviews with "detransitioners" to argue that the actions of some in the medical profession and the transgender community amount to abuse and profiteering.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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"Just a few years ago, Schuyler Bailar rose to national and international prominence when he became the first openly transgender athlete to compete on an NCAA Division 1 team in any sport. A top high school prospect, Schuyler had been recruited by Harvard for the women's team, but after taking a gap year to address mental health and ultimately to transition, Schuyler swam instead for Harvard's men's team. Since then, Schuyler has become a go to expert...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Summary
"Lacey Bond has grown up in her parents' hippie New Hampshire daycare, idolizing her blasphemous, ultra-fashionable sister, Éclair, chasing baby squirrels, and contemplating trees. Then the Satanic Panic hits - the moral hysteria that shook the United States by its shoulders in the 80s and 90s. It's the summer of 1990 when Lacey's parents are handcuffed, flung into the county jail, and faced with a torrent of jaw-dropping accusations from dozens...