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Author: Peggy J. Rudd
Publisher: PM Publishers Incorporated
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780962676260
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCrossdressing With Dignity is a book addressing the emotions that surface when men cross gender lines. This book represents the collective input from over 600 men and women who participated in a survey on crossdressing.
Author: Virginia Erhardt
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-01-14
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 1317786491
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCandid, first-hand accounts of couples who stay together despite highly emotional gender issues. Head Over Heels gives voice to thirty ordinary women who live extraordinary lives as partners to crossdressers, transgenderists, and male-to-female transsexuals. These unique women discuss, with honesty and great candor, how they first learned of their partners’ gender issues, how they’ve coped with the emotions that followed, how they’ve dealt with concerns about privacy/secrecy, and how they’ve handled disclosure to children, friends, and family members. Far from a collection of “happily ever after” stories, these narratives are filled with pain, courage, curiosity, and joy as each woman struggles to redefine a relationship that includes intimacy, social acceptance, dignity, and respect. The women whose stories are featured in Head Over Heels didn't know their partners were gender-variant when they first met. Some found out early on; others learned of their husbands' gender variance after decades of marriage. Some were told by their husbands—men they considered “regular guys;” others found out on their own, sometimes in shocking ways. Their stories represent a wide spectrum of women's life experiences with crossdressers, transgenderists, transsexuals who are nonoperative, pre-operative, and post-operative, families without children, families with children at home, and families with children who have left home. But these women share one thing in common: each has decided to stay in her relationship, exploring her new life with an open, yet cautious, heart. Some of the voices heard in Head Over Heels: “While putting my clothes on, I found a sales receipt on the bureau from K-Mart for shoes, a bra, and stockings. My immediate thought was that my husband had a girlfriend.” “He dressed for me one night and it was the worst experience of both our lives. I was shocked and he knew it and that hurt him.” “My siblings had been aware of Trish’s transsexualism for several years when she went full-time. They have told me that while I will always be welcome in their homes, Trish is not.” “My husband may think differently, but I do have a sexual identity. Actually, I’m real clear about it—I am a woman and he is a man. I do not allow him to crossdress in the bedroom. I married a man; therefore, I will sleep with a man.” Head Over Heels also includes historical and current information about resources and support for wives of gender-variant people, and a substantive introduction that includes basic information about sexual and gender identity and related issues.
Author: Richard J. Novic M.D.
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2005-04-01
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 0595763766
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlice in Genderland is the first ever memoir by a crossdresser who is not content to live behind closed doors—and who takes it much further than his straighter, more circumspect peers might ever care to go. Most of the time, Harvard-educated psychiatrist Richard Novic is Rick, a caring doctor at the office and a loving husband and father at home. But one night a week, he is Alice, a brave trans woman about town, shopping, dining, dancing, and more. In contrast to the life he leads today, Rick Novic suffered since his sporty, nerdy boyhood with a secret, a desire he was in no way equipped to handle, but one that eventually burst through his denial, a few months before his wedding day. Just once, he felt, while he still could, he had to know how it felt to be a woman. Like Alice in Wonderland, his curiosity led him to fall headlong down a rabbit hole, through desperate straits, mind-opening surprises, heart-rending changes, gritty sex, and boundless love. By the time he was back on his feet, he was a different person, living a lifestyle he hadn’t known existed. Anyone who has struggled to figure out who they are and how they want to live will surely appreciate this informative and engaging life story. Praise for Alice in Genderland “Few know the transgender scene like GIRL TALK magazine’s Alice Novic. This exciting new memoir by her male alter ego takes us along with him and the people he loves, as he encounters and explores each twist and turn around him and within him. As much Lewis and Clark as it is Lewis Carroll, Alice in Genderland blazes a new trail in the world of crossdressing.” —Linda Jensen, contributing writer, Transgender Forum “Alice bravely explores the limits of gender, sexuality, and relationships—a sexy, poignant, and often hilarious memoir of transgenderism.” —Vernon A. Rosario, M.D., author of The Erotic Imagination, clinical faculty, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute “More provocative than soothing, Alice in Genderland is fascinating and well worth reading.” —Vern L. Bullough, Ph.D., author of Crossdressing, Sex, and Gender, past president of the Society of the Scientific Study of Sex
Author: Gregory G. Bolich
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2007-06-19
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 0615156711
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe second volume in a 5 volume set, The Context of Transgender Realities examines crossdressing as it is experienced by crossdressers and as it is interpreted by others, including researchers from a number of different disciplines. Organized as answers to frequently asked questions, the text covers everything from what motivates crossdressing, to when it begins, how it proceeds, and what it means.
Author: Gregory G. Bolich
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 0615200559
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTransgender Realities is a brief introduction to gender variant people and to the judgments made about them. The volume begins with a consideration of what gender is and does, and how this relates to all of us. Turning to specific consideration of transgender people, the book offers what research reveals about them, but also what they report about themselves. The causes of transgender, how society responds to it, and how partners, family and friends relate to a transgender person are only a few of the matters discussed. Also included is a survey of transgender across history and around the world, how transgender interacts with religion, and the changing way mental health professionals are working with transgender people. This volume is a "must have" introduction.
Author: Ph. D. G. G. Bolich
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2009-01-01
Total Pages: 537
ISBN-13: 0615253563
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMuch debate exists over the proper religious perspective on transgender realities and people. This volume examines transgender in the major world religions. Extensive consideration is given to Christianity, including the arguments presented both against transgender behaviors and by supporters of transgender people. Religions covered include Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, and indigenous religions such as Native American religions of the United States.
Author: Helen Joyce
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2021-07-15
Total Pages: 449
ISBN-13: 0861540506
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and a Times, Spectator and Observer Book of the Year 2021 ‘In the first decade of this century, it was unthinkable that a gender-critical book could even be published by a prominent publishing house, let alone become a bestseller.’ Louise Perry, New Statesman ‘Thank goodness for Helen Joyce.’ Christina Patterson, Sunday Times ‘Reasonable, methodical, sane, and utterly unintimidated by extremist orthodoxy, Trans is a riveting read.’ Lionel Shriver ‘A tour de force.’ Evening Standard Biological sex is no longer accepted as a basic fact of life. It is forbidden to admit that female people sometimes need protection and privacy from male ones. In an analysis that is at once expert, sympathetic and urgent, Helen Joyce offers an antidote to the chaos and cancelling.
Author: Anneliese A. Singh
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Published: 2018-02-02
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1626259488
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow can you build unshakable confidence and resilience in a world still filled with ignorance, inequality, and discrimination? The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook will teach you how to challenge internalized negative messages, handle stress, build a community of support, and embrace your true self. Resilience is a key ingredient for psychological health and wellness. It’s what gives people the psychological strength to cope with everyday stress, as well as major setbacks. For many people, stressful events may include job loss, financial problems, illness, natural disasters, medical emergencies, divorce, or the death of a loved one. But if you are queer or gender non-conforming, life stresses may also include discrimination in housing and health care, employment barriers, homelessness, family rejection, physical attacks or threats, and general unfair treatment and oppression—all of which lead to overwhelming feelings of hopelessness and powerlessness. So, how can you gain resilience in a society that is so often toxic and unwelcoming? In this important workbook, you’ll discover how to cultivate the key components of resilience: holding a positive view of yourself and your abilities; knowing your worth and cultivating a strong sense of self-esteem; effectively utilizing resources; being assertive and creating a support community; fostering hope and growth within yourself, and finding the strength to help others. Once you know how to tap into your personal resilience, you’ll have an unlimited well you can draw from to navigate everyday challenges. By learning to challenge internalized negative messages and remove obstacles from your life, you can build the resilience you need to embrace your truest self in an imperfect world.
Author: Angelica Marie Gossett
Publisher: Angelica Marie Gossett
Published: 2019-09-30
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt was shortly after they were married. Diane began to suspect that her husband Stephen was a crossdresser who was wearing her clothes. Well, if he had a secret, he would no doubt deny it. She decided to document his secret escapades first. If he wanted to dress as a girl, he should have sex as a girl. But given his being secretly recorded in her pretty pink bridal nightgown, it gave Diane an idea. Her husband had some traditional ideas. So his 1st time being made to have sex as a girl should be special. Special occasions should have a special dress. What better than a long formal feminine bridal gown for her husband to wear before his 1st time? So Diane developed an elaborate plan to force feminize her husband, publically expose him dressed as a girl, and then prepare him for his bridal gown. Warning: Don't let your wife or girlfriend learn of Diane's plan because it was perfect. Stephen truly had no option but to be dressed in public as a girl to begin the day, You also will wind up having no choice either if anybody does to you what Diane did to Stephen. Brides need to have their makeup done. They need to have help dressing in their bridal gown. They need to have bridesmaid and maids of honor. They need to have their pictures taken. They need to have a new name. All of this prior to the formal presentation and introduction to their spouse. Diane was going to make sure Stephen got the full complete total treatment. Then, of course, the bridal night. The "mythical" first time she has sex. Well, Stephen was going to get the full treatment here also. Punishment enema, plus punishment oral sex, punishment anal sex, forced consumption, bondage, whips, and cock torture. But the psychological punishment would be equally as bad with suggestions and elements of cuckolding and forced-bi to demean and shame her husband. As the evening progressed, Diane and her family learned even more of Stephen's secrets. Diane already had a plan to make Stephen's mother an unwilling participant in the bridal weekend. But, now, those plans would change. His mother would have a much more expanded and permanent role. Stephen's crossdressing was always a family affair from the very beginning. Now, it would be a much larger family affair. It was time to complete what had been started years before he met Diane. Of course, your author on her cover image is wearing a dress that matches the story.
Author: Abbie E. Goldberg
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2021-03-15
Total Pages: 1972
ISBN-13: 1544393849
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTransgender studies, broadly defined, has become increasingly prominent as a field of study over the past several decades, particularly in the last ten years. The experiences and rights of trans people have also increasingly become the subject of news coverage, such as the ability of trans people to access restrooms, their participation in the military, the issuing of driver’s licenses that allow a third gender option, the growing visibility of nonbinary trans teens, the denial of gender-affirming health care to trans youth, and the media’s misgendering of trans actors. With more and more trans people being open about their gender identities, doctors, nurses, psychologists, social workers, counselors, educators, higher education administrators, student affairs personnel, and others are increasingly working with trans individuals who are out. But many professionals have little formal training or awareness of the life experiences and needs of the trans population. This can seriously interfere with open communications between trans people and service providers and can negatively impact trans people’s health outcomes and well-being, as well as interfere with their educational and career success and advancement. Having an authoritative, academic resource like The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies can go a long way toward correcting misconceptions and providing information that is otherwise not readily available. This encyclopedia, featuring more than 300 well-researched articles, takes an interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to trans studies. Entries address a wide range of topics, from broad concepts (e.g., the criminal justice system, activism, mental health), to specific subjects (e.g., the trans pride flag, the Informed Consent Model, voice therapy), to key historical figures, events, and organizations (e.g., Lili Elbe, the Stonewall Riots, Black Lives Matter). Entries focus on diverse lives, identities, and contexts, including the experiences of trans people in different racial, religious, and sexual communities in the United States and the variety of ways that gender is expressed in other countries. Among the fields of studies covered are psychology, sociology, history, family studies, K-12 and higher education, law/political science, medicine, economics, literature, popular culture, the media, and sports.
