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A Bibliography of Print,
AV, and Online Resources
Pertaining
to Transgendered Persons
and Transgender Issues
University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library and URLs for WWW resources]
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign Library
(Last
updated February 17, 2006)
1998. Multiple genders [videorecording] : mind and body in conflict / BBC in association with CTVC ; film presented by Stephen Whittle. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences. "Discusses questions regarding gender identity and addresses the moral implications of multisexual orientation. Asks such questions as: is sex the same as gender? Are intersexes mistakes or parts of nature? Do parents have the right to demand reconstructive surgery for their polysex newborns?" [Not available at UIUC Library.]
2001. Sex: Unknown [videorecording]. Boston, MA : WGBH Boston Video. "Explores gender identity with contributions of psychologists and researchers, and through personal insights from the Reimer family, including candid, heartrending interviews with Janet Reimer and her son, who ultimately rejected his female identity and is now living as a man." David Reimer's story is told by John Colapinto in As Nature Made Him: The Man Who Was Raised as a Girl. [Not available at UIUC Library.]1998. Transgender Revolution [videorecording]. New York, NY : A&E Home Video. "A look at a growing segment of people who do not accept their biological gender and how they are coping in a society with distinct sex roles." [VIDREC 305.3Se91 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
2002. Skin Deep Episode 31, Susan [videorecording]. Toronto, Ont.: Inner City Films/Being Human Productions. [22:50 min. English] "Susan, a 48 year old transsexual, discusses the issues raised by her transsexuality, and her efforts to bring her body into congruence with what is going on in her mind. After having rhinoplasty, Susan's next goal is sex reassignment surgery." [Not available at UIUC Library]
1985. What Sex Am I? [videorecording]:
MPI Home Video. "Though slightly dated (it was produced in 1985) this film offers an
excellent overview of the transgendered world. I was very interested in the interviews of
Christine Jorgensen (the world's first famous transsexual) and Virginia Prince (Grand Dame
of transvestites, and publisher of Transvestia magazine). Other transvestites and
transsexuals tell their own stories, focusing particularly on the problems of acceptance
by family and society. " (Amazon.com review) Starring Lee Grant. [Not available at UIUC Library.]
Almodovar, Pedro. 1987. La Ley del deseo [videorecording] = Law of desire. New York, NY : Cinevista Video. 105 minutes. " Carmen Maura plays a transsexual in a turbulent and entertaining plot." [VIDREC 791.4372 L592 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Baur,
Gabriel. 2001. Venus Boyz. USA/Switzerland: Clock Wise
Productions,Inc. New York
WDR Köln / Teleclub Zürich. 104 minutes. " A film journey through a universe of
female masculinity. A legendary Drag King Night in New York is the point of departure for
an odyssey to transgendered worlds, where women become men – some for a night, others
for their whole lives. What motivates them? What changes take place? What do they dream
of? The drag kings of New York meet in clubs and change lustfully into their male alter
egos, parodying them and exploring male eroticism and power strategies. In London we see
women experiment with hormones to become new men and “cyborgs”. Masculinity and
transformation as performance, subversion or existential necessity. An intimate film about
people who create intermediate sexual identities." (http://www.celluloid-dreams.com/venus/02.htm)
[VIDREC 305.9066 V569 (Undergraduate Library Media
Center)]]
Beijing-San Francisco Film Group. The
Blank Point – What is Transsexualism? [videorecording]. "This 58 minute
documentary by the Beijing-San Francisco Film Group is a personal view of the fragilities
of transsexualism, the view of a woman from China where transsexualism is unknown and
unimaginable. To Xiao-Yen Wang, the filmmaker, the concept of gender change is the miracle
of Western medicine, an advance that blurs our precept, carved in stone, that men are men
and women are women. 'The Blank Point' focuses on two male to female transsexuals and one
female to male transsexual who talk about their psychological and physical changes during
transition. They talk about adjusting to a new identity, about family and societal
rejection, about their sexuality, about their hopes and fears." (From Ingersoll
Gender Center website: http://www.ingersollcenter.org/indexj.html.) [Not available at UIUC Library.]
Benestad, Evan. 2001. All About My Father (Alt Om Min Far). Norway: Oro Film AS. Documentary. 75 minutes. "All about my father is a personal documentary about a well-respected doctor and transvestite in a small Christian town, directed by the one person most likely to convey his story with warmth, humour and irony: his son. Armed with a small video camera, and with the use of nostalgic Super 8mm family footage, he set out to make a personal portrait of his transvestite father."Contrary to my father’s idea that this film would promote him as a colourful and different person who uses all his time and effort to combat the conservative bureaucracy, I wanted to make a deeply personal portrait of him where his transvestism and strong self-realisation forms the basis of the film," says the director. "I have made this film on my own terms. It is important to show that my family is not unique - there are many families like mine, and by making this film I hope others can see their families in perspective. In order to do this, I could not compromise – personal confrontation was paramount in making this a genuine film." (Norwegian Film Institute website) [Not available at UIUC Library]
Berliner, Alain. 1997. Ma vie en rose [videorecording] = My life in pink / a Sony Pictures Classics release; produced by Carol Scotta for Haut et Court ; in co-production with La Sept Cinema [et al.] "Ludovic is waiting for a miracle. With six-year-old certainty, he believes he was meant to be a little girl and that the mistake will soon be corrected. But where he expects the miraculous, Ludo finds only rejection, isolation and guilt--as the intense reactions of family, friends, and neighbors strip away every innocent lace and bauble." Starring Michèle Laroque and Jean-Philippe Écoffey. [DVD 791.43653 M11 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Bornstein, Kate. 1993. Adventures in
the Gender Trade [videorecording]. New York, NY: Filmmakers Library. “This
documentary examines the life and work of Kate Bornstein, a San Francisco playwright and
transsexual lesbian. Using Kate's play "Hidden: A Gender" as a backdrop, this
documentary explores the cultural dynamics of gender. Kate's work questions the usefulness
of our current bipolar gender system. Through Kate's humor and intelligence, her life and
art, Adventures in the Gender Trade exposes viewers to the value of honoring
rather than alienating people who do not fit neatly into society's rigid gender
system.” [VIDREC 305.3 B645A (Undergrad Library
Media)]
Brooks, Philip & Laurent Bocahut.
1998. Woubi Chéri [videorecording]. San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel.
"Woubi Chéri is the first film to give African homosexuals a chance to
describe their world in their own words. Often funny, sometimes ribald, but always real,
this documentary introduces us to gender pioneers demanding their right to construct a
distinct African homosexuality"--Container. [VIDREC
305.90664 W915 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Burton, Tim. 1994. Ed Wood [videorecording]. [United States] : Touchstone Home Video ; [Burbank, Calif. : distributed by Buena Vista Home Video. " Voted the worst director of all time, Edward D. Wood Jr. created a string of cheesy 1950s monster movies that were so bad that they immortalized the actor-director-writer-producer. . . The movie follows Ed Wood (Johnny Depp) through the most noteworthy part of his career. It opens in 1953 when America is booming and people are hungry for entertainment. Wood convinces a small-time film production house to let him make and star in a movie called, I Changed My Sex. Instead, he produces Glen Or Glenda, about a cross-dresser who has hidden his secret from his girlfriend. In his own way, Wood uses the movie to admit to his real-life girlfriend, Delores Fuller (played by Sarah Jessica Parker), that he too is a cross-dresser. By chance, Wood meets his childhood idol, Bela Lugosi (Martin Landau), now a washed-up has been. Wood drafts Lugosi into starring in a string of his B-movies." (Mike DeWolfe review on http://www.apolloguide.com) [VIDREC 791.43617 E1 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Croall, Heather. 1999. Paradise Bent: Boys Will be Girls in Samoa [videorecording]. New York: Filmakers Library. "An exploration of the Samoan faafafine, boys who are raised as girls, who fulfill a traditional role in Samoan culture. In the past they have shared women's traditional work but today are becoming more westernized and look more like drag queens. Several anthropologists comment on the phenomenon examining issues of culture and gender and the complexities of sexual identity." (from Filmakers Library catalog http://www.filmakers.com/indivs/ParadiseBent.htm) [VIDREC 306.77 P211 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Davis, Kate. 2001. Southern Comfort [videorecording]. HBO Theatrical Documentary. New York: Q-Ball Productions. "Southern Comforrt is a 90-minute feature-length documentary about the life of Robert Eads, a 52-year-old female to male transsexual who lives in the back hills of Georgia. 'A hillbilly and proud of it,' he cuts a striking figure: sharp-tongued, bearded, tobacco pipe in hand. Robert passes so well as a male that the local Klu Klux Klan tried to recruit him to become a member. Though his home is nestled among tranquil hills dotted with hay bales, Robert confronts a world as hostile to him as if he were an African American in the ante-bellum South. He was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, then turned away by more than two dozen doctors who feared that taking on a transgendered patient might harm their practice. Southern Comfort follows the final year of Robert Eads' life. Beginning in spring, he falls deeply in love with Lola, a male-to-female. That summer, his mother and father drive ten hours to visit their "lost daughter," a trip they know may be their last. His final dream is to make it to the Southern Comfort Conference in Atlanta, the nation's preeminent transgender gathering. Beating the odds, he addresses a crowd of 500 and takes Lola to "The prom that never was." Winner Grand Jury Prize, Documentary Competition, Sundance Film Festival 2001. [DVD 305.9066 So88d (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Dodge, Harriet and Silas Howard. 2002. By Hook or By Crook [videorecording]. Artistic License Films. To be released on Wolfe Video 2003. "A small-town butch grifter, Shy (Howard), on the road to San Francisco is joined by a transgender person woman with a beard, Valentine (Dodge), whom Shy saved from being beat up in a parking lot, and who is searching for his/her birth mother. Joined by Valentine's lover, Billie (Kahn), the trio attempts a bank robbery." (Yahoo) (http://www.steakhaus.com/bhobc/) [DVD 791.43653 B99 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Elliott, Stephan. 1995. The Adventures
of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert [videorecording]. New York, NY. PolyGram Video.
Three drag queens from Sydney hit the road for Alice Springs in a bus dubbed
"Priscilla". Their outrageous costumes, disco music and dancing get some pretty
interesting feedback at every stop along the way. [VIDREC
791.4372 AD963 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Fan, Yon. 1997. Bugis Street. Singapore: Margin Films; Jaytex Productions; Margin Video. "In the late 60's, Singapore used to be a place of liberty, decadence, and debauchery. Bugis Street tells the exciting, amusing and off-beat coming-of-age story of Lien, a wide-eyed 16-year-old girl (Hiep Thi Le, star of Oliver Stone's Heaven and Earth) who comes from a rural village to work in the cosmopolitan Singapore. She gains work as a maid in the charming Sing Sing Hotel, not knowing that the hotel is based in the heart of Singapore's red-light district and that all the "female" residents are transvestites and transsexuals. Amid colorful lives of the "girls" and the distraction of the beautiful and hunky young men around, Lien discovers the secrets and pains of love, sexuality and womanhood from her new "sisters." Written and directed by award winning Hong Kong filmmaker Yonfan, Bugis Street is the first film to emerge from Singapore's film industry after nearly 20 years of inactivity and the first Singaporean production to achieve American theatrical release." [Not available at UIUC Library]
Gilpin, Margaret and Luis Felipe Bernaza. 1995. Butterflies on the Scaffold [videorecording] / Mariposas en el andamio. Water Bearer Films. "A documentary examining the issues gays and transvestites face in the context of evolving attitudes towards homosexuality in Cuba. It is a highly unusual look at how a group of working class drag queens in a Havana suburb have become an integral part of their neighborhood." [Not available at UIUC Library]
Gold, Tami with Jennifer Miller. 1992. Juggling
Gender: Politics, Sex And Identity [videorecording]. New York: Tamerik
Productions. Features Jennifer Miller, juggler and director of Circus Amok. Miller speaks
of her life and struggle as a lesbian woman who happens to have a moustache and beard.
Includes scenes of circus performances, a gay rights parade, Miller interacting with
friends, family, and strangers. [VIDREC 306.7663 J934
(Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Goldson, Annie and Peter Wells. 2001. Georgie Girl [videorecording]. "Born George Beyer, one-time prostitute turned politician Georgina Beyer was elected to New Zealand's Parliament in 1999, becoming the world's first transsexual to hold a national office. Amazingly a mostly white -and naturally conservative - rural constituency voted this former sex worker of Maori heritage into office. Chronicling Georgina's transformations from farm boy to celebrated cabaret diva to grassroots community leader, the documentary couples interviews and sensual images of Beyer's nightclub and film performances with footage from a day in the life of the Minister of Parliament. The film presents a remarkable account of Beyer's precedent-setting accomplishment, revealing her intelligence, charisma, and humor." (from Women Make Movies catalog). New Zealand. Distributed by Women Make Movies http://www.wmm.com/Catalog/pages/c576.htm. [VIDREC 305.9066 G297 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Hill, Paul. 2003. Myth of Father [videorecording]. USA: Frameline Distribution. "Director Paul Hill’s father, Jodie, is a transsexual woman. When she came out to Paul a few years ago, he began a journey to learn about who his father is. This stunning video documentary contrasts Paul’s relationship to his father with the relationship of his father and her own dad. Candid interviews provide reflections on Jodie’s youth: "He seemed to live the normal life. He was into cars, he was into rock bands, he went into the Army…married…child…" But no one really knew Jodie, as she explains, "No one knew who I was. I trashed relationships with everyone I knew, including my own son." (http://catalog.frameline.org/titles/myth_of_father.html) [Not available at UIUC Library]
Hwang, David Henry. 1994. M. Butterfly [videorecording] /
[presented by] Geffen Pictures; screenplay by David Henry Hwang; produced by Gabriella
Martinelli; directed by David Cronenberg. Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video.
"Story of a French diplomat and a Beijing Opera star who carry on a love affair over
almost 20 years before the diplomat discovers something shocking about his lover." [VIDREC 791.43653 M116 (Undergraduate Library Media
Center)]
Intersex Society of North America. 1996. Hermaphrodites
Speak! [videorecording]. San Francisco, Calif.: Intersex Society of North America.
[Not available at UIUC Library. Available from the Intersex Society
of North America http://www.isna.org/]
Intersex Society of North America. 2001. Intersex:
Redefining Sex [videorecording]. Petaluma, CA: Intersex
Society of North America. "A half-hour documentary on medical management of children
with ambiguous sex anatomy." [Not available at UIUC Library.
Available from the Intersex Society of North America http://www.isna.org/]
Intersex Society of North America. 2000. Is It A Boy Or A Girl? [videorecording]. Petaluma, CA: Intersex Society of North America. “Questions of sexual identity are complicated when a child is born intersexed, that is, with mixed sexual characteristics. Interviews with adults whose sex was assigned by surgery, and a doctor who does such surgery, reveal the range of sex differentiation disorders, and the role of hormones as well as chromosomes in establishing sex. Cover the debate over medical assignment of sexual identity, and if those born intersexed should be able to choose, at adolescence, whether or not to have surgery.” [VIDREC 616.694Is1 (Undergraduate Media Center)]
Investigative Reports. 2000. Transgender [videorecording]. A & E Home Video. "What does it mean to be a man or woman? In America's growing transsexual community, this question takes on a whole new and powerful meaning. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS goes beyond ignorance and stereotypes for an intimate portrayal of the people who choose to change their sexuality. Among the unexpected, ferociously articulate characters we meet are a female-to-male transsexual who works for the Tampa sheriff’s office, a male-to-female electrical designer who has hosted an MIT radio show called Gendertalk, and a Southern "good-old-boy" who we follow through his surgical transformation. THE TRANSGENDER REVOLUTION also examines the fast- growing movement to combat gender oppression, highlighting the nation's most notorious transsexual killings and a Congressional battle over including transsexuals in the Hate Crimes Act. Featuring interviews with the founder of the transsexual political organization GenderPAC and a noted neurosurgeon specializing in sex change operations, this is a surprising portrayal of a misunderstood, growing subculture." (Amazon.com description) [Not available at UIUC Library.]
Jordan, Neil. 1992. The Crying Game [videorecording]. USA: Miramax Films. [Van Nuys, Calif.]: Avid Home Entertainment. Starring Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker, Jim Broadbent, Ralph Brown, Adrian Dunbar. Race, gender, and Irish nationalism are explored in this haunting thriller. [VIDREC 791.43655 C889 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Kidron, Beeban. 1996. To Wong Foo, thanks for everything, Julie Newmar [videorecording] / Universal Pictures presents an Amblin Entertainment production. "En route from New York City to Hollywood for a drag queen beauty pageant, Noxeema, Vida and Chi Chi are stranded in a tiny Midwestern town when their 1967 Cadillac breaks down. When their glitz and glamour wake up the sleepy local citizens, the stage is set for an outrageously funny weekend." [VIDREC 791.43617 T55 (Undergraduate Library)]
LaRosa, Melanie. 2001. Sir: Just a Normal Guy. 57 minutes. University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning. "Sir: Just a Normal Guy is an intimate and insightful chronicle of over 15 months of the female-to-male transition of Jay Snider, beginning prior to hormones and concluding after top surgery. This candid portrait of transition takes the viewer step-by-step through the details of Jay's journey and includes interviews with Jay's ex-husband, his lifelong best friend, and his lesbian-identified significant other. Sir uses numerous pre- and post-surgery images to illustrate the dramatic changes, and also has a segment on the wider trans community.((http://ucmedia.berkeley.edu/brochures/brochuregif/catalogsupp02-03.pdf)) [VIDREC 305.9066 SI76 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Lebow, Alisa and Leslie Feinberg. 1994. Outlaw [videorecording]. New York, NY : Women Make Movies. "An interview with Leslie Feinberg, author of Stone Butch Blues, an account of a working-class lesbian who passes as a man. Feinberg who has spent much of her own life passing as a man speaks with passion and intelligence about her experiences, calling for more sensitivity for the human rights and dignity of transgendered people." (description from Women Make Movies catalog http://www.wmm.com/catalog/pages/c214.htm) [VIDREC 305.9066 Ou8 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Lee, Christopher and Elise Hurwitz. 2001? The Trappings of Transhood: A Documentary about Gender Identify. U.S.: Christopher Lee Productions. "An inspiring and compelling documentary about gender identity. Eleven people talk about issues of sexuality, family, ethnic heritage, relationships, health and about how their lives intersect with their gender identity. Includes Tranny Boys, Transfags, Butches, FTMs-famous writers, photographers and activists. Great soundtrack by Tribe 8 & Transsisters. 27 minutes." (from Christopher Lee Productions website http://www.christopherleeproductions.com/) [Not available at UIUC Library]
Livingston, Jennie. 1990. Paris is Burning [videorecording]. [United States] : Academy Entertainment : Academy Maverick. "Documentary about the young homosexual men of Harlem who originated "voguing" and turned these stylized dance competitions into glittering expressions of fierce personal pride. A story of street-wise urban survival, gay self-affirmation, and the pursuit of a desperate dream." [VIDREC 793.38 P218 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Longinotto, Kim and Jano Williams. 1995. Shinjuku Boys [videorecording]. New York: Women Make Movies. "This documentary reveals the complexity of female sexuality in Japan through the lives of three annabes who work as hosts at the New Marilyn Club in Tokyo. Annabes are women who live as men and have girlfriends, although they don't usually identify themselves as lesbians. All three talk frankly about their gender-bending lives revealing their views about women, sex, transvestitism and lesbianism. Alternating with these interviews are sequences shot inside the club, patronized almost exclusively by heterosexual women who have become disappointed with men." (from Women Make Movies catalog http://www.wmm.com/catalog/pages/c222.htm) [VIDREC 305.9066 Sh63 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
MacLaine, Shirley, director. 1999. The Dress Code (AKA Bruno) [videorecording/DVD]. USA: MGM. "An original film by Academy Award-winning actress and best-selling author Shirley MacLaine in her directorial debut. BRUNO stars Alex D. Lintz as eight-year-old Long Island spelling prodigy, Bruno Battaglia. Bruno is experiencing some difficulty. His divorced parents have a less-than-pleasant relationship, the kids at his Catholic school bully him about his overweight mom, and in a recent dream a holy angel appeared to Bruno imparting an inspiring message. Bruno believes that, like angels, he should wear dresses, which he calls holy vestments, and he wonders if the Pope can wear a dress why can't he. Bruno's grandmother (MacLaine) tries to understand his strong inclination to express himself in such a unique way but his father, Dino (Gary Sinese), is outraged by Bruno's embarrassing behavior. When Bruno's school, headed by Mother Superior (Kathy Bates), has a spelling bee, he demonstrates his incredible spelling talent--while dressed as Diana Ross. Newcomer Stacey Halprin plays Angela, Bruno's flamboyant dressmaker mom, in a beautifully acted role that plays perfectly against Oscar winners MacLaine and Bates and Oscar nominee Sinese." (Internet Movie Guide) [Not available at UIUC Library]
Mistry, Preeti AK. 2002. Junk Box Warrior [videorecording]. USA: Frameline Distribution. "Based on a poem of the same title,JUNK BOX WARRIOR is a brilliant mesh of spoken word and black and white images over a haunting soundtrack. Written by and starring Trans Slam Poet, Marcus Rene Van this film explores the alienation, frustration and fear of not fitting into society's gender binary." (http://catalog.frameline.org/titles/junk_box.html) [Not available at UIUC Library]
Mitchell,
John Cameron. 2001. Hedwig And The Angry Inch [videorecording]. United
States: New Line Home Entertainment. Based on the smash hit New York show, this is a
high-energy rock musical in the tradition of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. This is the
story of Hedwig, an ambitious glam-rocker who comes to America determined to find fame,
fortune, and his "other half." [791.43651
H359 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Monger, Christopher. 1992. Just Like a
Woman [videorecording]: Hallmark Entertainment. United Kingdom. U.S. Distributor:
The Samuel Goldwyn Company. "A wonderful light-hearted story about
being who you want to be and having a little fun along the way. Adrian Pasdar does a
wonderful job portraying Gerald/Geraldine who struggles with the inner turmoil of
transvestism, losing his wife rather than try to explain to her what he truly doesn't
understand himself." (Amazon.com).
[Not available at UIUC Library.]
Muska, Susan, 1958-. 1998. The Brandon
Teena Story [DVD]. New York: Bless Bess Productions. "Documentary film about Brandon Teena, who arrived in rural Falls City,
Nebraska, in 1993 where he finds some new friends. Three weeks later he is brutally raped
and beaten by friends who discover that he is actually a woman. A week later the same two
men murder Teena along with two other people. This is a tale of Brandon's coming of age
struggle with identity and how his gender ambiguity induced feelings of betrayal,
confusion and hostility among residents of a town in America's heartland." [DVD 305.3 B733 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Nichols, Mike. 1996. The Birdcage
[videorecording] / Icarus Production ; United Artists Pictures ; directed
and produced by Mike Nichols ; screenplay by Elaine May.. USA: MGM/UA Studios. "The great improvisational comedy team of Mike Nichols and Elaine May
reunited to (respectively) direct and write this update of the French comedy La Cage Aux
Folles. Robin Williams stars as a gay Miami nightclub owner who is forced to play it
straight and ask his drag-queen partner (Nathan Lane) to hide out when Williams's son
invites his prospective--and highly conservative--in-laws and fiancée to a meet-and-greet
dinner party. Gene Hackman and Dianne Wiest play the straight-laced senator and his wife,
and Calista Flockhart (from television's Ally McBeal) plays their daughter in a
culture-clash with outrageous consequences. May's witty screenplay incorporates some
pointed observations about the political landscape of the 1990s and takes a sensitive
approach to the comedy's underlying drama. Topping off the action is Hank Azaria in a
scene-stealing role as Williams's and Lane's flamboyant housekeeper, "Agador
Spartacus." (Amazon.com) Based on the stage play La cage aux folles by Jean
Poiret and the motion picture La cage aux folles, directed by Francis Veber. [VIDREC
791.43617 B532 (Undergraduate Library Media Center]
Parkerson, Michelle. 1987. Storme: A Lady of the Jewelbox [videorecording]. New York: Women Make Movies. "“It ain’t easy…being green” is the favorite expression of Storme DeLarverie, a woman whose life flouted prescriptions of gender and race. During the 1950’s and 60’s she toured the black theater circuit as a mistress of ceremonies and the sole male impersonator of the legendary Jewel Box Revue, America’s first integrated female impersonation show and forerunner of La Cage aux Folles." (From Women Make Movies catalog http://www.wmm.com/catalog/pages/c217.htm) [VIDREC 305.9066 St74 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Peirce, Kimberly. 2000. Boys Don't Cry
[videorecording] / Fox Searchlight Pictures and the Independent Film Channel Productions
present a Killer Films/Hart-Sharp Entertainment production; a Kimberly Peirce film.
Beverly Hills, CA: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. The fictionalized account of
the Brandon Teena story, starring Hilary Swank in her Oscar winning role. "Boys
Don’t Cry explores the contradictions of American youth and identity through the true
life and death of Brandon Teena. What emerges from a dust-cloud of mayhem, desire and
murder is the story of a young American drifter searching for love, a sense of self and a
place to call home." [VIDREC 791.43653 B712 (Undergraduate Library
Media Center)]
Portes, Gil M. 1998. Miguel Michelle
[videorecording]: World Artists Home Video. "He left Manila a boy and came
home a woman! Miguel's unapologetic return as the glamorous Michelle (courtesy a
sex-change operation in the U.S.) turns his family and his small hometown upside-down,
challenging everyone to re-examine their own values on morality, gender, family, religion,
and coming out."
(Amazon.com). [Not available at
UIUC Library.]
Potter, Sally. 1994. Orlando [videorecording] Adventure Pictures ; a coproduction with Lenfil´m, Mikado Film, Rio, Sigma Filmproductions ; with the participation of British Screen ; produced by Christopher Sheppard ; written and directed by Sally Potter. Burbank, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video. Based on Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando. Starring Tilda Swinton as Orlando. [VIDREC 791.4372 OR18 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Praunheim, Rosa von. 1994. Ich
Bin Meine Eigene Frau [Videorecording] : Die Lebensgeschichte Der
Charlotte Von Mahlsdorf = I'm My Own Woman : The Life Story Of Charlotte Von Mahlsdorf.
New York: Cinevista Video. East
German Lothar Berfelde, a.k.a. Charlotte Mahlsdorf, is a transvestite and proud of it. In this film, "Charlotte" serves as
a guide through his own life story, as he coaches young actors through the dramatized
sequences of this documentary. Illustrates the persecution
homosexuals endured during the Nazi and post WWII eras. [VIDREC 791.4372 IC3 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Reay, Howard. 2000. The third sex [videorecording]. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences. "Two sexes drive the reproductive cycle. Yet for some, the fundamental physiology of male or female is not readily apparent. This program examines intersexuality through four case studies: ambiguous genitalia deriving from a missing sex chromosome, Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, 5-Alpha-Reductase Deficiency in an insular Caribbean community, and hermaphroditism in South Africa. The issue of societal acceptance is addressed as well, along with the vital importance of emotional support and counseling." [Not available at UIUC Library; available from Films for the Humanities and Sciences http://www.films.com/Films_Home/item.cfm?s=1&bin=10427]
Richard Spence, Director. 1997. Different
For Girls [videorecording]: Fox Lorber. "Different
for Girls is a different kind of contemporary love story. It stars Rupert Graves as
Paul Prentice, a 34-year-old locked in the Seventies punk-era of his teenage years, and
Steven Mackintosh as the priggish Kim Foyle, who wants to erase from her memory everything
that happened before her sexual transformation from male to female in 1993. The
gender-bender romance is a uniquely poignant, but funny look into the emotional
adjustments that a handsome, heterosexual, extroverted male and an attractive, introverted
transsexual "woman" must make in order to have a relationship." Starring
Rupert Graves and Steven Mackintosh. [Not available at UIUC
Library.]
Rosenfeld, Shoshana. 1998. Scent uva butch [videorecording]. San Fransisco, CA : Blow-up Doll Productions. "Presents an up-close look at the lives of over twenty butches -- from a 23-year-old Texas charm school graduate to a 53-year-old mohawk-sporting diesel dyke in this groundbreaking documentary that celebrates the complexity, fluidity, and sensuality of lesbians who choose to call themselves butch." [Not available at UIUC Library.]
Schermerhorn, Candace, Bestor Cram. 1997. You
Don't Know Dick: Courageous Hearts Of Transsexual Men [videorecording]. Berkeley,
CA: University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning. Provides
honest and riveting portraits of six men who once were women. Through their commentaries
and the experiences of partners, friends, and family emerges an unforgettable story of
self-discovery. [VIDREC 305.9066 Y83 (Undergraduate
Library Media Center)]
Sedghi, Behzad. 1995. A Transsexual Journey [videorecording]. "Profiles Katherine Cohen (formerly Bruce Cohen) and her decision to undergo male-to-female sex reassignment surgery. In interviews before the surgery, Cohen discusses her prior life, including a marriage and two children, relations with her family and her lifelong conflicted feelings about her sexuality. In separate interviews conducted a few weeks and a full year after the operation—illustrated in a computer animated sequence—she discusses her decision, her new life, and her hopes for the future. The result is an intimate portrait of someone torn apart by nature and society and the tremendous obstacles confronting those whose chromosomes don't match their gender." (from Cinema Guild catalog) Distributed by the Cinema Guild http://www.cinemaguild.com/. [VIDREC 305.9066 T68701 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Seidelman, Susan. 2003. Gaudi Afternoon [videorecording]. First Look Pictures."What inspires me most is the Alice in Wonderland myth," says Susan Seidelman, the director of Gaudi Afternoon, a flamboyant comic mystery about sexual identity, parenthood, and Americans running loose in Spain. "I like to take my characters, put them down a rabbit hole, and see where they'll come out in the end." This time, they've shown up in Barcelona, in a situation that might give even Pedro Almodóvar pause: a pre-op transsexual (Marcia Gay Harden) hires an American translator (Judy Davis) to locate her lover (Lili Taylor), who's stolen their daughter and shacked up with a ditz from L.A. (Juliette Lewis). "The traditional nuclear family with 2.5 kids and a dog doesn't exist anymore," Seidelman says. "I want to explore the new gender roles-what's a mother? What makes a family?-because today, that definition has changed." Based on the novel by Barbara Wilson. [Not available at UIUC Library]
Stevens, Liz, Estelle B Freedman, and Allan Bérubé. 1983. She even chewed tobacco, she drank, she swore, she even courted girls : passing women in 19th century America. New York, NY : distributed by Women Make Movies. "The Gold Rush. A new frontier. Nineteenth century California offered women the opportunity to pioneer new roles for themselves. Meet Babe Bean, the "trouser puzzle" who escaped the hot glare of tabloid headlines by disguising herself as Jack Garland and serving in the Spanish American War. Or Jeanne Bonnet who scored a record of 22+ arrests for wearing male attire, went to prison for her indiscretions and later organized a group of prostitutes into a shoplifting ring! "A fascinating eye-opening tribute to the stamina and chutzpah of some of yesterday's most notable pariahs!" (The Advocate http://www.wmm.com/catalog/pages/c216.htm) [VIDREC 305.489664 SH31 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Thongkongtoon, Yongyoot. 2002. The iron ladies / Satree-lex [Videorecording and DVD] [Santa Monica, CA] : Strand Releasing Home Video. "The true story of a Thai male volleyball team that competes in the national championships in 1996 with a team consisting mostly of gays, transsexuals, and transvestites. At the heart of the team are Mon, a weary transvestite who is a fantastic player, and his best friend Jun, a raucous drag queen with hilariously over-supportive parents. They get their chance to show their stuff when the provincial governor hires a suspiciously butch female head coach to put together a 'dream team' for the national competitions." [DVD 791.43653 Ir6 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Treut, Monika. 1992. Female Misbehavior [videorecording]. Germany: Hyena Films. Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by First Run Features. "Female Misbehavior is a series of four portraits of "misbehaving" women, outlawed not only by society but also by mainstream feminism...'Max' is a portrait of Max Valerio who used to be Anita Valerio, a lesbian Native American from San Francisco. A couple of years ago Anita felt that she was no longer comfortable in her female body. Identifying herself as a heterosexual male, she embarks on a journey to become a man." (from Hyena Films webpage http://www.hyenafilms.com/) [VIDREC 700.4538 F349 UndergraduateLibrary Media Center.]
Treut, Monika. 1999. Gendernauts [videorecording]. Germany. Starring: Annie Sprinkle, Susan Stryker. Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by First Run Features. "Gendernauts explores phenomena of gender fluidity at the end of the millennium in the Bay Area, California. It is a film about cyborgs, people who alter their bodies and minds with new technologies and chemistry, with an emphasis on biological women who use the male sexual hormone testosterone." (from Hyena Films webpage http://www.hyenafilms.com/) [VIDREC 305.9066 G285 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Von Praunheim, Rosa. 2002. Queens Don't Lie. German with English subtitles. 90 minutes. Germany: Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion. "In his latest documentary, Rosa von Praunheim turns his attention to the story of four queens - Ichgola Androgyn, Bev StroganoV, Tima die Göttliche, and Ovo Maltine, well-known performers and AIDS activists. For nearly twenty years, these colorful performers have worked to entertain, educate, and enlighten in their outrageous shows. Queens Don’t Lie goes behind the make-up and wigs to explore the private lives of these men, including their personal battles with HIV, and their experience of the cultural and political transformations within Germany over the years. The result is a fascinating and humorous portrait of four friends, working together to make a difference in the face of a devastating epidemic." [Not available at UIUC Library]
Von Praunheim, Rosa. 1996. Transsexual Menace [videorecording]. USA/Germany: Video Data Bank. 75 minutes. "Transsexual Menace takes its title from the name of "the most exciting political action group in the USA"—transgendered people who are defining themselves, demanding their legal rights, and fighting for medical care and against job discrimination. Considered by von Praunheim to be the “most fascinating [project] in my long life as a filmmaker,” Transsexual Menace is a sensitive and carefully crafted portrait that deals with issues openly and honestly." (from Video Data Bank catalog http://www.vdb.org/default.html) [Not available at UIUC Library.]
Wheeler, Anne. 1999. Better Than
Chocolate [DVD]. [United States]: Trimark Home Video. Maggie (Karyn Dwyer) meets
the woman of her dreams, Kim (Christina Cox), just hours before her mother, Lila (Wendy
Crewson), and brother, Paul, move in with her. Another main character is Maggie's best
friend Julie, a MTF transsexual. [DVD 791.436538 B466
(Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Wood, Edward D. 2000. Glen or Glenda?
[videorecording]. Chatsworth, CA: Image Entertainment. Glen or Glenda is about a
transvestite who can't figure out how to tell his girl that he likes to wear her clothes. [DVD 791.43653 G484 (Undergraduate Library Media Center)]
Wyman, Julie. 2000. A Boy Named Sue:
[videorecording]. New York, NY: Women Make Movies. This documentary chronicles the
transformation of a transsexual named Theo from a woman to a man over the course of six
years. The film successfully captures Theo's physiological and psychological changes
during the process, as well as their effects on his lesbian lover and community of close
friends. [VIDREC 305.9066 B691 (Undergraduate Library
Media Center)]
Xian, Kathryn and Brent Anbe. Ke Kulana He Mahu: Remembering a Sense of Place [videorecording]. "The award-winning documentary film, "Ke Kulana He Mahu," takes us on a historical journey as scholars and oral traditionalists illustrate what life and culture was like in the Hawaiian Islands for the Mahu (transgendered individuals). The journey also leads the audience through present day culture and society to see first hand how colonization and modernization have affected the spirits of Hawai‘i’s people. Filmakers Kathryn Xian and Brent Anbe gathered testimonies from writers, performers, social workers, educators, religious leaders, and activists who come together to weave the fabric of this film. The audience witnesses ancient hula dances, dating back thousands of years, performed by present-day Mahu as well as modern-day drag queen performances. Archival lithographs and paintings bring the story of the past alive as it is juxtaposed with footage from today’s political protests and the everyday life of the Hawaiian people." (Speak Out website) [Not available at UIUC Library]
Zolten, Same. 2001. Just Call Me Kade [videorecording]. 26 minutes. United States. Distributed by Frameline Distribution, San Francisco, CA. " Kade Farlow Collins is a sixteen year old FTM (female to male transgendered person) residing in Tucson, Arizona. Kade’s parents maintain a supportive and nurturing relationship to Kade regarding the many challenges facing their teenage child. However, it hasn’t always been easy." (Frameline Distribution catalog http://catalog.frameline.org/titles/just_call_me.html) [In process at UIUC Library (Undergraduate Media Center)]
Allen, Robert. 1954. But for the Grace:
The True Story of a Dual Existence. London: W. H. Allen. "The author of this book was born and
registered as a girl in 1914; was married to a man at the age of 19, served in the forces
during the war, and for thirty years lived ostensibly as a woman. A change of identity was
officially recognized in 1944 and he then married a woman." - (from the dust jacket) [Not available
at UIUC Library.]
Ames, Jonathan. 2005. Sexual
Metamorphosis : An Anthology of Transsexual Memoirs. New York: Vintage
Press. 336 pp. "In Sexual
Metamorphosis,
Ball, Edward. 2004. Peninsula of Lies: A True Story of Mysterious Birth and Taboo Love. Simon and Schuster. 271 pp. "Gordon Langley Hall (1922-2000), a biographer who underwent one of the most celebrated gender switches in the 1960s, is the focus of this meandering expose of Southern snobbery. English by birth, Langley Hall was the son of a maidservant at Sissinghurst Castle (made famous by Vita Sackville-West in the 1930s). Leaving England in the bleak postwar era, he eventually made his way to New York, where, after befriending an elderly heiress, he inherited enough of her money to start a new life in the "Peninsula of Lies," Charleston, SC. There Langley Hall started an antiques business and mixed with Anglophile society who ignored his quasi-Cockney accent and origins. At age 45, he met a teenage garage mechanic, John-Paul Simmons, and promptly made an appointment at the new Gender Identity Clinic at Johns Hopkins, the first U.S. hospital for sex change operations. Newly a woman, "Dawn Pepita Hall" married her mechanic in a lavish church ceremony, defying in one stroke gender expectations and the racial codes of the American South, for she was white, her husband black and the year 1969. Most perplexingly, she emerged two years later with a baby girl, Natasha, whom she said was her own." (Publisher's Weekly) [813 Si471Yb (Main Stacks)]
Barbin, Herculine. 1980. Herculine
Barbin: Being The Recently Discovered Memoirs Of A Nineteenth-Century French Hermaphrodite.
Translated by Richard McDougall. Translation of Herculine Barbin, dite Alexina B.
Brighton. [England]: Harvester Press. 199 pp. "With an eye for the sensual bloom of young schoolgirls, and the torrid style
of the romantic novels of her day, Herculine Barbin tells the story of her life as a
hermaphrodite. Herculine was designated female at birth. A pious girl in a Catholic
orphanage, a bewildered adolescent enchanted by the ripening bodies of her classmates, a
passionate lover of another schoolmistress, she is suddenly reclassified as a man. Alone
and desolate, he commits suicide at the age of thirty in a miserable attic in Paris."
(from back cover) [616.69400924
B234B1:E1980 (Undergraduate Library)]
Beyer, Georgina and Cathy Casey. 1999. A Change for the Better: The Story of Georgina Beyer. Auckland : London : Random House New Zealand. 163 pp. "George Bertrand was born in 1957, an ordinary boy who was to become an extraordinary woman. As he grew up, George realized he was a woman trapped inside a male body. Once he discovered that men could live as women, Georgina Beyer was born. This volume follows that difficult rebirth, Georgina's time working in the sex industry in the 1970s and 1980s, a brutal rape in Sydney and her liberation by a sex change operation in 1984. Since then, Georgina has achieved acclaim as an actress, including a nomination for a GOFTA award for best actress in 1987, has tutored unemployed youth in drama, was elected to the Caterton District Council in 1993 and became the first transsexual mayor in the world in 1995. This account of Georgina's life gives an insight into New Zealand's intolerance of sexual difference. It is a story of a struggle for acceptance as a transsexual and of extraordinary determination to change life for the better." (Publisher's information) [Not available at UIUC Library]
Boylan, Jennifer Finney. 2003. She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders. New York: Broadway Books. "Jennifer Finney Boylan is a widely praised author whose conceptual, comic fiction turns everyday life upside down. Edward Albee summed up her oeuvre in 1988: -- "Boylan observes carefully, and with love. [Her] levitating wit is wisely tethered to a humane concern…. I often broke into laughter, and was now and again, struck with wonder." Jenny Boylan was born transgendered, and lived and published as James Finney Boylan until 2001. Her memoir, She's Not There, will be published in 2003 by Doubleday, and addresses the issues of gender, family, and friendship. (author's homepage) [813 B6962Yb (Undergraduate Library)]
Brevard, Aleshia. 2001. The Woman I Was
Not Born To Be: A Transsexual Journey. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.
249 pp. “Best known for her roles in B movies (one of her
more memorable was as a Pussycat in Don Knotts's The Love God) and her work as a
drag-show entertainer, Brevard (n‚ Alfred Crenshaw) never felt at home in her body.
In her autobiography, she relates the story of her remarkable life in sometimes funny,
sometimes painful detail, from her gender-reassignment surgery and its aftermath to her
stereotypically feminine employment (she was a Playboy Bunny for a time) and her three
unhappy marriages.” (From Library Journal review.) [305.9066 B757w (Main Stacks)]
Bullough, Bonnie (Editor), Vern L. Bullough
(Editor), Marilyn A. Fithian, Randy Sue Klein (Editor), William E. Hartman (Editor). 1997.How
I Got Into Sex: Leading Researchers, Sex Therapists, Educators, Prostitutes,
Sex Toy Designers, Sex Surrogates, Transsexuals, Criminologists, Clergy, and More. Prometheus Books. (See
particularly the following chapters: Dallas Denny "Coming of
Age in the Land of Two Genders;" Holly Devore "How I Became a Sexologist;"
Milton Diamond "The Road to Paradise;" Ariadne Kane "Early
Transgenderist;" John Money "Serendipities on the Sexological Pathway to
Research in Gender Identity and Sex Reassignment;" Jude Patton
"Female-to-Male Transsexual: Transsexual Sexologist;" and Virginia Prince
"My Accidental Career." [306.7072 P432 (Main Stacks)]
Carlotta (James Cockington). 1994. He Did It Her Way: Carlotta, legend of Les Girls. Chippendale [N.S.W.] : Ironbark. 159 pp. Autobiography of Australian cabaret entertainer who began her career as an original member of the famous and long running Les Girls in the early 60s. She was an inspiration for the film, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. [Not available at UIUC Library.]
Castle, Stephanie. 1992. Feelings: a transexual's explanation of a baffling condition. Vancouver, B.C. : Perception Press. 232 pp. "What is this enigma: this mysterious condition called transsexualism? Is it something dark, dirty, and devilish? Is it something which should arouse fear, prejudice and loathing? Or is it a matter of fact, to be confronted by intelligent, thinking and sensitive people who can accommodate themselves to viewing it with sympathy and understanding? These, of course, are all rhetorical questions which embrace the scope of my book and hopefully as it proceeds, the far from simple answers involved can be developed to the satisfaction of the reader." (from the introduction) [Not available at UIUC Library.]
Chablis, Lady. 1996. Hiding My Candy:
The Autobiography of the Grand Empress of Savannah. 207 pp. New York: Pocket
Books. “Readers of John Berendt's best-seller,
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1994), have already met Lady Chablis, known as
Frank in that book. She is the self-styled grand empress of Savannah and, by her own
admission, the most dedicated and accomplished drag queen of the New South. Combining
traditional southern gentility with sharp wit and an unerring sense of style, she tells
her life story, from a childhood spent in Florida, with a brief sojourn in New York, to
the runway treading of her present glory days.” (From Booklist review.) [792.7028092 L128L (Main Stacks)]
Clements, Paul. 1998. Jan Morris.
Cardiff: University of Wales Press. 125 pp. Biography of Welsh travel writer and historian
Jan Morris, a male-to-female transsexual whose autobiography is titled Conundrum [828 M8322Yc (Main
Stacks)]
Colapinto, John. 2000. As Nature Made
Him: The Boy Who Was Raised As A Girl. “Born a boy, brought up a girl, David
Reimer always knew in his genes that he was a male, despite his eminent doctor's
self-serving pronouncements. Colapinto, the reporter who won a National Magazine Award for
a piece on David's story, engrossingly recounts this tale of grotesque medical hubris and
a life dragged slowly from the ashes.” (From Kirkus Reviews.) New York, NY:
HarperCollins. 279 pp. [305.9066
C67a (Education Library)]
Colapinto, John. 1997. "The True Story of John/Joan." Rolling Stone, December 11, 1997, pp. 54-97. Colapinto's original article about David Reimer, on which his book As Nature Made Him was based. [781.5705 RO (Undergraduate Library)]
Collis, Rose. 2001. Colonel Barker's
Monstrous Regiment: A Tale Of Female Husbandry. “In an England devastated by
the terrible losses of World War I, Colonel Victor Barker was a rare man indeed. Dashing,
well–respected, with impeccable manners, he was a model gentleman. His wife was proud
of his good breeding and fine looks, and his young son worshipped him as a war hero. But
beneath the army uniform and bearing Barker hid an astounding secret. In 1929, following a
sensational trial, the good colonel was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment. For
Colonel Barker was, in fact, a woman. Her real name was Valerie Lilias Arkell–Smith,
the most infamous “man–woman” of them all.” (Publisher’s
information.) London: Virago Press. 308 pp.
[306.77092 B241c (Main Stacks)]
Conn, Canary. 1974. Canary, The Story
Of A Transsexual. Nash Books. "Before her name
was Canary Conn, his name was Danny O'Connor. The bittersweet story of life as an aspiring
young singer-songwriter, both as a young man and then as a woman, is told with warmth and
candor. It is the story of a highly creative individual who has had the strength to
maintain a productive life notwithstanding a dramatic transformation."
[Not available at UIUC
Library; available fromother CARLI libraries via I-Share.]
Connella, Katherine. 2000. Sugar and Spice and Puppy Dog Tails: Growing up Intersexed: an Intimate Memoir. Booklocker.com. 413 pp. "Actress/author Katherine Connella steps out of the shadows to frankly reveal her childhood and adolescence growing up intersexed. Deemed a boy a birth (in spite of full female interior organs and irregular genitalia), she fought her whole life to prove what she was: a female. Katherine discusses survival of a number of traumas: incest, medical abuse, mental hospitalization, chemical-induced manic depression and a series of sexual assaults. Yet through it all, she writes with a spirit of humor and a positive outlook." (Barnes and Noble book description) [Not available at UIUC Library]
Cossey, Caroline. 1982. Tula - I am a
Woman. London: Sphere. "One of two autobiographies
by the “Bond girl” who caused quite a stir during the filming of For Your
Eyes Only when it was revealed that she was a transsexual." [Not available at UIUC.]
Cossey, Caroline. 1992. My Story.
London: Faber & Faber. 225 pp.
The autobiography of Caroline Cossey, a successful British model known as Tula. "My
childhood was a jigsaw puzzle. All the pieces were there, but there was no one to fit them
together, no one to make a complete picture. Nothing felt right...I now know that I
was born transsexual..It took years to fit the pieces together, to understand the past, to
make the picture. I wrote this book not as a medical textbook to explain the
technicalities of gender reassignment, nor as a legal brief describing the long-drawn-out
battle I have fought in the European courts, but as an honest and unadorned account of my
life--a life made remarkable by an accident of biology." (from the preface) [Not available at UIUC.]
Cowell, Roberta. 1954. Roberta Cowell's
Story by Herself. London: William Heinemann LTD. Autobiography of first person in
the UK to have a sex change. Cowell, a WWII
Royal Airforce fighter pilot, race car driver, underwent sex change surgery in the
early 1950's.
[Not
available at UIUC.]
Cruysse, Dirk van der. 1995. L'abbé De Choisy, Androgyne
Et Mandarin. Paris:
Fayard. 494 pp. [944.033092
C452C (Main Stacks)]
Cummings, Katherine. 1992. Katherine's Diary: The Story of a Transsexual. Melbourne, Australia: William Heinemann. Autobiography of an Australian MTF transsexual who transitioned later in life. This book won the Australian Human Rights Award for Non-Fiction in 1992. [305.9066092 C912c (Main Stacks)]
Cummings, Katherine. 1996. "The Life and Loves of an XY Woman." in No Thanks or Regrets edited by Jacqueline Kent. Sydney, NSW: State Library of New South Wales Press. Cummings essay in this book of autobiographical writings by Australian women brings her life story told in Katherine's Diary up to date. [823.08 N6596 (Main Stacks)]
Davis, Sharon. 1985. A finer specimen
of womanhood: a transsexual speaks out. New York: Vantage.
Autobiography of an African-American MTF transsexual. [Not available at UIUC]
Devlin, Tom. 1996. Two Lives Had I--One
Was A Drag!! : An Autobiography. New York: Vantage Press. 244 pp.
[305.389664 D497d (Main Stacks)]
Falkiner, Suzanne. 1988. Eugenia: A Man. Australia:??. 245 pp. "The true story of a woman who passed 20 years of her life as a man, and accused of the murder of an unidentified woman, during the early 20th century." [Not available at UIUC Library.]
Fallowell, Duncan and April Ashley. 1982. April Ashley's odyssey. London : J. Cape. 287 pp. "April's life started from humble beginnings in a working class section of Liverpool, UK and went on to marry British Lord Corbett, befriend Peter O'Toole, the Beatles, Salvador Dali. Born as a boy, April met with great success as a performer at Le Carrousel. After April's gender reassignment surgery in 1960 she went on to become a top model and socialite in London." [Not available at UIUC Library.]
Feinberg, (Diane) Leslie. 1980. Journal of a Transsexual. Atlanta: World View. Early writings of transgender writer and activist Leslie Feinberg. Feinberg is the author of Stone Butch Blues. [616.85834 F327J (Main Stacks)]
Gorman, Michael Robert. 1998. The Empress Is a Man: Stories from the Life and Times of Jose Sarria. New York : Haworth Press. 278 pp. "Michael Gorman exposes Sarria's life in a frank manner with a unique storytelling ability that simultaneously causes amusement and sadness." (Back cover) Winner of the1998 Lambda Literary Awards for Transgender/Bisexual. [792.7028092 Sa75g (Main Stacks)]
Griggs, Claudine. 1996. Passage Through
Trinidad: Journal of a Surgical Sex Change. London: McFarland & Company. 216
pp. “Chronicles
Griggs' surgical sex change from the moment of deciding to pursue it; through the
operation in Trinidad, Colorado, by the dean of sex-change operations, Stanley Biber; to
full recovery. Describes the mental as well as the physical transformations.
Indexed.” (Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, OR) [305.3092 G876g (Education
Library)]
Hewitt, Paul, Jane Warren. 1995. A Self-made Man: the Diary of a Man Born in a Woman's Body. London: Headline Books. "Paul Hewitt was born female. This book presents the sometimes painful, often funny diary of his sex change. Paul's diary takes the reader through his roller-coaster of emotions as he embarks on a new life - his elation as he starts hormone treatment, his first shave and a double mastectomy." [305.9066092 H497h (Main Stacks)]
Hodgkinson, Liz. 1989. Michael, née Laura. London: Columbus. 208 pp. "Oxford blue, garage hand, medical student, philanthropist, ship's doctor, prolific author, heir to a baronetcy and ordained Buddhist; the subject of this biography was all of these, but most extraordinary of all, Michael Dillon was born female. 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." (from back cover) [Not available at UIUC Library]
Howard-Howard, Margo. 1998. I Was a
White Slave in Harlem. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows. 177 pp. "Margo Howard-Howard details her sometimes intimate, sometimes violent
encounters with James Dean, Andy Warhol, Jackie Curtis, Truman Capote, Tallulah Bankhead,
Queen Elizabeth II, and many other personalities. As described here they give a glimpse of
the wild career of New York's premier drag queen. Funny, outrageous, and compassionate,
Margot Howard-Howard thrived in the world Tama Janowitz and Jay McInerney only dream
about." (from back cover) [Not available at
UIUC Library; available from UI Chicago and Northern Illinois University via I-Share.]
Howey, Noelle. 2002. Dress Codes Of
Three Girlhoods--My Mother's, My Father's, and Mine: Picador. 368 pp.
"In this rich memoir, Howey details not one life, but three. It's a difficult
juggling act, but it pays off beautifully, for the story of her father's coming out as a
male-to-female transsexual is only part of a larger narrative of growing up female in
America. Howey's writing is neither sensationalistic nor condescendingly cheery; this is a
loving portrait of a girl's complicated relationship to her father's femininity and her
own. The author, co-editor of Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing Up with Gay, Lesbian
and Transgender Parents, nicely juxtaposes her childhood dress-up games and clandestine
sexual experimentation (she wanted to be Madonna) with her father's secret penchant for
soft scarves and pumps (he dreamed of becoming Annette Funicello)." (Publisher's
Weekly) [306.874 H839d (Main Stacks)]
Hoyman, Rhonda D. 1999. Rhonda - The Woman in Me: A Journey Through Gender Transition. Pearce Pub. 308 pp. "... the journey of Ron's 48 year struggle to find happiness before allowing his true feminine identity to emerge and take steps necessary to achieve a complete sexual transition. This book is not only for those who have gender dysphoria, but a good example of what can be done by any person who is determined to improve their life." (Amazon.com) [Not available at UIUC Library.]
Hulburd, E.W. (Ebenezer Wallace). 1909. The life of little Justin Hulburd, medium, actor and poet, who was during forty years one of the greatest attractions upon the dramatic stage and who served his adopted country during the civil war as President Lincoln's private spy. Given through his mediumship by prominent people of that time who knew him intimately, relating many exciting experiences / Comp. by his cousin E.W. Hulburd. Descano, Cal. : E.W. Hulburd. 3 volumes. ".. a lost gem of transgender history. Justin Hulburd was a professional female impersonator from 1838 - 1880. He occasionally presented himself as a woman in public. After retiring from the stage he became a spiritualist medium. This book is a record of spirit visitations, transcribed from Justin's lips, during 1904 - 1905. The spirits discuss Justin's transgenderism and his career as a female impersonator. According to the spirits, Justin also spied for Lincoln during the Civil War, often impersonating a woman during these missions to fool the Confederate troops. Some of the more famous spirits in this volume include poet Edgar Allen Poe, Confederate General Longstreet and famous 19th century actors Charlotte Cushman and Joseph Jefferson." [133.910924 H876HU (Main Stacks; volume 1 only); volumes 2 and 3 available from DePaula University Library via I-Share.]
Hunt, Nancy. 1978. Mirror Image.
New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. 263 pp. "Autobiography
of Chicago Tribune reporter Nancy Hunt, a MTF transsexual formerly named Ridgely
Hunt. Hunt covered some of the paper´s most dangerous assignments, including as a
combat correspondent in the Vietnam War. Hunt retired in 1984, having been with the
Tribune since 1963. Born in 192, Hunt served in the U.S. Army infantry in World War II and
with the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War." [B.H94212 H1 (Main Stacks)]
Johnson, Chris and Cathy Brown. 1982. Gender
Trap: The Moving Autobiography of Chris and Cathy, the First Transsexual Parents.
London: Proteus Books. Chris Johnson (previously Anne) and Cathy Brown
(previously Eugene) decided to have a child before pursuing the sex changes they both
desired. The Gender Trap is
about their experiences and the birth
of their daughter. [Not available at UIUC Library;
available from SIU Carbondale, Eastern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
University via I-Share.]
Johnson, Kathleen and Stephanie Castle. 1997. Prisoner of Gender: A Transsexual and the System. Vancouver: Perceptions Press. Biography of a transsexual's experience in a Canadian prison. [Not available at UIUC Library; available from SIU Carbondale Library via I-Share.]
Jorgensen, Christine. 1967. Christine
Jorgensen: A Personal Autobiography. New York: P. S. Eriksson. "Jorgensen made international headlines in the early 1950s as the first person
to go public about having a sex-change operation. Following the revelation, s/he became
the poster child for transsexualism. Her 1967 autobiography is a straightforward account
of growing up as a boy with much inner conflict. It goes on to cover the decision to have
the surgery, the procedure itself, and her successful career as a Las Vegas entertainer."
(Library Journal) [B.J8223
J1 (Undergraduate Library)]
Kailey, Matt. 2005. Just
Add Hormones : An Insider's Guide to the Transsexual Experience. Boston:
Beacon Press. 184pp. "Matt
Kailey lived as a straight woman for the first forty-two years of his life, and then he
changed. With the help of a good therapist, chest surgery, and some strong doses of
testosterone, Kailey began living life as the man he"d always wanted to be. Now, in
Just Add Hormones, Kailey uses humor and humility to explain his journey toward accepting
himself as neither a woman nor someone born male.
Kane, Samantha. 1998. A two-tiered existence. London : Writers and Artists. 130 pp."A Two Tiered Existence relates the life of Sam Hashimi - who hit the headlines in 1990 with his notorious take-over bid for Sheffield United football club - and the successful transformation of Sam into Samantha. Spanning two broken marriages, the traumatic loss of children, hospitalization and imprisonment, it is the story of a search for identity that would finally come into conflict with the conventional life of husband, father and businessman." [Not available at UIUC Library.]
Lake, Bambi. 1996. The unsinkable Bambi Lake : a fairy tale containing the dish on cockettes, punks, and angels. San Francisco : Manic D. Press. "In this tell-all autobiography, Bambi Lake, glamour queen chanteuse, stripper, and film star, exposes deeply hidden secrets about she-male America. Her evolution from innocent, suburban Johnny Purcell into fabulous, sophisticated Bambi Lake covers San Francisco's psychedelic '60s, gay revolution in the '70s, and punk rock scene in the '80s. Absolutely nothing is off-topic in this sexy, revealing drama." (from CDS Bookshelf http://www.cdspub.com/cc.html) [305.9066092 L148l (Main Stacks)]
MacKay, Anne and Sandy Dee. 1995. Sandy
Dee: An Oral History Of A Transgendered Woman. Orient, N.Y.: Anne MacKay. 123 pp. [Not available at UIUC
Library.]
Maitland, Sara. 1986. Vesta Tilley. London : Virago. 148 pp. Biography of the most famous male impersonator of the early 20th century. [Not available at UIUC Library; available from SIU Carbondale and UI Chicago libraries via I-Share.]
Marlowe, Kenneth. 1964. Mr. Madam;
Confessions Of A Male Madam. Los Angeles: Sherbourne Press. 246 pp.
[301.4243 M34M (Main Stacks)]
Martino, Mario. 1977. Emergence : A
Transsexual Autobiography. New York: Crown Publishers. 273 pp. "Marie Martino - now Mario
Martino - felt herself to be imprisoned in the alien body of the wrong sex. From childhood
she struggled with the conviction that though born female, 'she' was actually 'he' - in
feeling, in outlook, in sexuality. The fumbling sexual adventures of adolescence were made
all the more disturbing by her rigid midwestern Catholic upbringing. The interlocking
surgical and hormonal processes by which Marie was transformed into Mario are detailed.
The odyssey through personal confusion and past the shock, hostility, and contempt of
others is dramatically recounted, as are the constant psychological upsets and the
positive and negative encounters with the doctors, lawyers, colleagues, and clergymen."
(Elysian Fields Booksellers description) [B.M38622 M1 (Undergraduate Library)]
Matzner, Andrew. 2001. 'O Au No Keia:
Voices from Hawai'i's Mahu and Transgender Communities. Philadelphia, PA: Xlibris
Corporation (436 Walnut Street, 11th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19106-3703). 296 pp. A collection of oral histories from fifteen
male-to-female transgendered people. [Not
available at UIUC Library.]
McClain, Jerry. 1992. To Be a Woman.
Provincetown, MA: Different Path Press. ""I always wanted to be a woman..." Those opening words of this book
set the scene for one of the most unusual stories ever told, written by a successful
novelist, husband, and father." (from back cover)
[Not available at UIUC.]
McCloskey, Deirdre N. 1999. Crossing: A
Memoir. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 266 pp. “A
testimony to her struggles and courage, Crossing invites the reader to enter
Deirdre (formerly Donald) McCloskey's mind as she decides to become a woman after a
lifetime as a man, husband, and father. A renowned professor of economics at the
University of Iowa, Donald McCloskey had to fight tenaciously to realize his inner call to
become a woman against such foes as his sister (who had him repeatedly committed against
his will for psychiatric evaluations) and his marriage family (who, in the book's most
heart-wrenching scenes, renounce their father and former husband).” (From Kirkus
Reviews.) Deirdre McCloskey is currently Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and
Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago.) (http://tigger.uic.edu/~deirdre2/) [305.9066 M132c (Undergraduate Library)]
McKay, Reg. 2001. None So Pretty : The Sexing of Rebecca Pine : The Story of a Changing Life. New York : Routledge. 191 pp. "Fifteen years after setting up a home with Jean, his second wife, and her children in the beautiful fishing village of Tarbert in Scotland, Robert finally decided to resolve the question that had haunted him throughout his life. He had known the answer for a long time: he would dress openly as a woman and would eventually have sex-reassignment surgery. None So Pretty is the incredible story of Robert's transformation into Rebecca and the shockwaves this causes in his small community. It is also a love story as Jean, now Rebecca's wife, struggles to accept the changes in their lives." (from back cover) [305.9066 M459n (Main Stacks)]
Middlebrook, Diane Wood. 1998. Suits
Me: The Double Life Of Billy Tipton. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. 326 pp. “Only in death was it revealed that "he" was a
"she," as the final curtain dropped on Dorothy Lucille Tipton's spectacular and
nervy 54-year impersonation of a man--the popular pianist, saxophonist, and bandleader
Billy Tipton.” (From Booklist.) [781.65092 T499m (Undergraduate Library)]
Morris, Jan. 1974. Conundrum.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 174 pp. Autobiography of
Welsh travel writer and historian Jan Morris, a male-to-female transsexual.
[B.M8767 M1 (Main Stacks; Undergraduate
Library)]
Nettick, Geri with Beth Elliot. 1996. Mirrors:
Portrait of a Lesbian Transsexual: Rhinoceros Edition from Masquerade Books. 336
pp. "An interesting autobiography by a
strong-willed male-to-female transsexual who underwent sex-reassignment surgery when it
wasn't a well-known option. Her revelations about making it through the acceptance maze
(both to get surgery and find friends in the lesbian community) make for provocative
reading...Mirrors provides a vivid picture of the politicization of
the lesbian-feminist movement (the question becomes -- who is certifiably a real woman?). Mirrors
realistically explains that having a womanly body doesn't mean a transsexual will be
accepted by women and lesbians as a real female." (Reviewer:
Valory Gravois) (Copyright ©1999 by Alchemist/Light Publishing) [305.9066092 N387n (Main Stacks)]
Nicholson, Matt. 2000. “Trans
guys and moonpies: a dialogue with a down-home transgendered leather couple.” Southern
Exposure 27, no. 4: 35-38. [Not
available at UIUC.]
O'Keefe, Tracie and Katrina Fox, editors. 2003. Finding the Real Me: True Tales of Sex and Gender Diversity. New York: John Wiley. 256 pp. ". . .a collection of funny, sad, revealing, and inspiring stories of sex and gender diversity, as told by a variety of people who are on a journey towards finding the real me. They share their true and varied experiences within the sex and gender diverse community around the world." (amazon.com) [306.77 F492 (Undergraduate Library)]]
Pepper, John. 1982. A Man's Tale. London, NY: Quartet Books. [Not available at UIUC Library.]
Pettiway, Leon E. 1996. Honey, Honey,
Miss Thang: Being Black, Gay, And On The Streets. Philadelphia: Temple University
Press. 270 pp. “Using the first person accounts of five
African American, drug-using, street-walking, cross-dressing gay hustlers, Pettiway, a
professor of criminal justice at Indiana University, breaks free of some criminologists'
tendency to view the marginalized as monolithically deviant, negative or hopeless.”
(From Publisher’s Weekly.) [305.3 P455H (Main Stacks)]
Preiss, Irene. 1999. Fixed For Life:
The True Saga Of How Tom Became Sally. New York: toExcel. “This
book was written for those who are not sure about their gender or sexuality; the family
members of those who are not sure about their gender or sexuality; the professional counselors for those who are not sure about their gender or sexuality;
and for those who have absolutely no question about their gender or sexuality but will
eventually interact with those who do.” (From back cover.) [305.9066 P914f (Main Stacks)]
Rees, Mark Nicholas Alban. 1996. Dear
Sir Or Madam: The Autobiography Of A Female-To-Male Transsexual. London, NY:
Cassell. 184 pp. "Press For Change founder
and Vice-President Mark Rees was the first trans person to have his case against the UK
government heard by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Although Mark's case
was unsuccessful, like the others which followed it, this pioneer of trans rights has done
much to advance public awareness of trans people, and of trans men in particular."
(Press for Change website) [305.3092
R259r (Main Stacks)]
Richards, Renée. 1983. Second Serve:
The Renée Richards Story. New York: Stein and Day. 373 pp.
" Reneé Richards (neé Richard Raskin) had been an
opthomologist and a moderately good tennis player before she transitioned in the mid
‘70s. In 1976 at age 52, she entered a women’s tennis tournament where she was
both read and recognized. The ensuing battle between Ms. Richards and the sporting
authorities made headline news for several weeks. Ms. Richards went to court to defend her
right to be recognized as female. The court ruled that transsexuals after full transition
and sex reassignment surgery were legally the new sex. This established an important
precident not just for sports but for all aspects of civil and private life involving
transsexual persons." (from http://www.transhistory.org/history/TH_Renee_Richards.html) [305.30924 R392R1 (Undergraduate Library)]
Rose, Donna. 2003. Wrapped in Blue: A Journey of Discovery. Living Legacy Press. 357 pp. "Wrapped In Blue is Donna Rose's deeply personal memoir of self-discovery. Hers is a coming-of-age story with an unusual twist. By exploring the thoughts and emotions of an every-day person facing a unique midlife dilemma, Donna forces herself to question even the most basic aspects of her life. This is the story of her courageous and difficult journey across the gender line in hopes of finding true peace and contentment. Although being transsexual is integral to the story, Wrapped In Blue explains this journey in universally human terms that can be appreciated and understood by all. It provides a rare glimpse at the emotional, physical and spiritual upheaval that transsexuals, or anyone facing a dramatic midlife transition, must face and overcome. It challenges the reader to consider life, love and gender in a new and insightful way. And, it provides a unique, intriguing, and sometimes humorous view of the differences between men and women that only someone who has lived successfully on both sides of the gender line can provide." (publisher's information) [Not available at UIUC Library]
Rowe, Robert J. 1998. Bert and Lori:
The Autobiography of a Crossdresser: Prometheus Books. 388 pp. “Author
Robert Rowe , a scholar, incisively traces his life as a crossdresser who enjoys the
erotic and spiritual aspects of wearing women's clothing. The book goes beyond
autobiography by adding research, other literature, myths, and even the author's wife's
comments. A clear, uncensored look at crossdressing as a major turn-on." (Reviewer:
Valory Gravois) (Copyright ©1999 by Alchemist/Light Publishing) Forward by Vern
Bullough. [306.77092 R79r (Main Stacks)]
RuPaul. 1995. Lettin’ It All Hang
Out: An Autobiography. New York: Hyperion. 227 pp. “The
world's best-known drag performer tells of his rise from poverty to superstardom and
offers beauty tips, positive thinking tools, and his unique sense of humor in a first book
filled with photographs.” (From Ingram Reviews.) [306.77092 R877R1 (Main Stacks)]
Rupe, Carmen Tione and Paul Martin. 1988. Carmen:
My Life. Auckland: Benton Ross. 224 pp. [Not available at UIUC Library.]
Rutherford, Erica. 1993. Nine Lives:
The Autobiography Of Erica Rutherford. Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Ragweed.
[305.3 R933R (Main Stacks)]
Scholinski, Daphne. 1997. The Last Time
I Wore a Dress: A Memoir. New York: Riverhead Books. 211 pp. "The true account of a "bad girl" who suffered
from parental neglect, was given over to mental institutions, and learned to play the
games necessary to survive in the early 1980s. Therapists saw her boyishness as a curable
manifestation of her problems, so she had to pretend to be girly-girly and interested in
guys to graduate. Throughout it all her derring-do and intelligence preserve her
sanity." (Reviewer: Valory Gravois) (Copyright ©1999 by Alchemist/Light
Publishing) [616.8583 Sch64l
(Main Stacks)]
Sewell, Raymond with Kittey Thompson. 1995. What
Took You So Long? A Girl's Journey to Manhood. London: Penguin Books. [Not available at UIUC.]
Simmons, Dawn Langley. 1970. Man Into
Woman: A Transsexual Autobiography. London. [RC560.C4 S5 (Available at SIUE; request via I-Share)]
Simmons, Dawn Langley. 1995. Dawn: A
Charleston Legend: Wyrick & Company. 191 pp. Autobiography of American novelist and biographer.
"Dawn Langley Pepita Simmons is an intersexed transsexual
woman...She was born in England in 1937... Dawn was christened Gordon Langley Hall and
raised as a boy. She lived as a man for thirty years until “bloody urine” was
discovered to be menstral blood. Dawn was told that she had a choice... She could continue
to live as a man or as a woman. Dawn, having felt all of her life that she was a misfit as
a man, and identifying as woman, readily decided to transition...Soon after transition she
met the love of her life, John-Paul Simmons, marrying after a short whirlwind romance. As
a sad reflection on racism in America, her marriage to a black man in Charleston, South
Carolina pushed her further out of polite society, even as that society reeled from her
transition."
(from http://www.transhistory.org/history/TH_Dawn_Simmons.html ) [813 SI471D (Main Stacks)]
Smith, Jayne County with Rupert. 1995. Man
Enough To Be A Woman. London, New York: Serpent's Tail. 184 pp.
Jayne County was one of the first drag rock and roll/punk
musicians from the early seventies. [305.9066
C832c (Main Stacks)]
Somerset, Georginia. 1992. A Girl Called Georgina. Lewes : Book Guild. 475 pp. Previously published as Over the Sex Border (London, V. Gollancz, 1963) [Not available at UIUC Library}
Spry, Jennifer. 1997. Orlando's Sleep:
An Autobiography Of Gender. Norwich, VT: New Victoria Publishers. 186 pp.
“From the time of his boyhood in Australia, Jennifer (nee John) had a strong
compulsion to dress in his mother's and sister's clothing. Spry spent years suppressing
this desire and attempted to live as a normal male by marrying Laurie, an American woman,
in 1974.” (From Publishers Weekly.) [305.9066 Sp89o (Main Stacks)]
Stuart, Kim Elizabeth. 1985. The Uninvited Dilemma: Research
Supplement. Lake Oswego, OR: Metamorphous Press. Interviews. [Not available at UIUC Library.]
Sullivan, Louis. 1990. From Female To
Male: The Life Of Jack Bee Garland. Boston: Alyson Publications. 183 pp. "Louis
Sullivan rescues from obscurity the fascinating story of a brave and compassionate soul.
Jack Garland finally gets the recognition he deserves as a pioneer explorer who ventured
across gender boundaries to invest his own life. This well-researched work is an important
contribution to the history of gender and sexuality in America." (Allan Berube,
author of Coming Out Under Fire: Gay Men and Women in World War II.) [305.3092 G183S (Main Stacks)]
Summerscale, Kate. 1998. The Queen of
Whale Cay. New York: Viking. 241 pp. “In this
superbly written biography, Summerscale brings to life the extraordinary and eccentric Joe
Carstairs. A London Times bestseller and already nominated for the Whitbread Biography of
the Year Prize, this volume takes empathetic hold of an enterprising, cross-dressing woman
bent on devouring the world whole. Marion “Joe'' Carstairs was heiress to the
Standard Oil fortune and clearly predestined to eccentricity.” (From Kirkus
Reviews.) [972.96 C238s (Main Stacks)]
Summerhawk, Barbara, editor. 1998. Queer Japan : personal stories of Japanese lesbians, gays, transsexuals, and bisexuals. Norwich, Vt. : New Victoria Publishers. 216 pp. "In this important contribution to international queer studies, sixteen people, spanning generations from pre-war to newly out young activists, tell their stories." [Not available at UIUC Library; available from other CARLI libraries via I-Share.]
Townsend, Leslie. 2002. Hidden in Plain Sight. Writers Club. 160 pp. "This story follows the journey of a child in confusion, an adolescent in turmoil and a young adult, who embarks on a quest for wholeness. It is a story of breaking gender barriers and of crossing the chasm from male to female." (Publisher's information) [Not available at UIUC Library]
Valerio, Max Wolf. 1998. A Man: the Transsexual Journey of an
Agent Provocateur. New York: William Morrow. 384 pp. “A
provocative autobiography of a transsexual describes how and why a thirty-two-year-old
woman decided to become a man and explains how not only her body changed but her feelings,
sexual urgency, and sociability.” (Ingram Reviews) [Not available at UIUC Library.]
Von Mahlsdorf, Charlotte. 1995. I Am My Own Woman: The Outlaw Life of Charlotte Von Mahlsdorf, Berlin's Most Distinguished Transvestite: Cleis Press. “Charlotte von Mahlsdorf (nee Lothar Berfelde) has lived openly as a transvestite since the 1940s. In high-heeled sandals and a good suit, Charlotte collected ornate, hand-crafted antiques of the Grunderzeit period through the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, the GDR, and into the unified Federal Republic of Germany. The subject of an acclaimed film by Rosa von Praunheim. 33 photos.” (Ingram Reviews)
