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Gender Book Club - Recommended Reading
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Book of the Month
 
Whipping Girl - Julie Serano
From Publishers Weekly
With her first full-length book, biologist, writer and musician Serano positions herself as a Betty Friedan of the transsexual community. Making a case that trans discrimination is steeped in sexism and that trans activism is a feminist movement, Serano delivers a series of articulate, compelling and provocative essays that unmask many of the misconceptions surrounding transsexualism, gender and feminism. Where most books on the topic focus either on first-person accounts or clinical observations, Serano approaches her topic from multiple angles. Tempering her own experience as a transsexual woman with psychological documentation, historical research and sociological data, she explores the debate on biology versus socialization; the media's "lurid," "superficial" and "contrived" depictions of trans women; the psychology of transitioning; "boygasms" versus "girlgasms"; nonacceptance and marginalization of transsexual women by the feminist community; and the subtle shades of gray between masculinity and femininity. Though her writing is dense at times, Serano largely succeeds in breaking down complex issues and offering deep insights that will be valued by anyone interested in transsexualism or gender studies. (June) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
 
Reading List
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The Transgender Child - Stephanie Brill

Transgender History - Susan Stryker

She's Not the Man I Married - Helen Boyd

The Transgender Companion - Jennifer Seely

As Nature Made Him - John Colapinto

Transgender Emergence - Arlene Lev

The Testosterone Files - Max Wolf Valerio

Transparent - Chris Beam

No Girls Allowed - Susan Hughes

Invisible Lives - Viviane Namaste

Transgender Care - Giana E. Israel

Transgender Workplace Diversity - Jillian T. Weiss

Crossing Over - Vanessa Sheridan

Voice and Communication - Sandy Hirsch

Texas Jesus - Kathryn McGuire

Transgender and Religion - G. G. Bolich

Transgender and HIV - Edmond J. Coleman

She's Not There - Jennifer Boylan

Whipping Girl - Julie Serano

Gender Outlaw - Kate Bornstein

My Husband Betty - Helen Boyd

Transmen and FTMs - Jason Cromwell

Transitions - Mera Drummond

Finding the Real Me - Tracie O'Keefe

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