The Library
On this page, you will find information about books and films that
are Trans-related; either works of fiction that feature Trans characters
or non-fiction/biographies about actual Trans people.
Books
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Poetry/Performance | Fiction
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For Family Members
General Trans
Intersex
Children, Autonomy and the right to Health 2010 an essay by
Darin Akin Download
here
Talking Back
to Science: Art, Science and the Personal (Chapter/DVD file
'Gender Trouble') by Brigit Arends and Verity Slater (Eds.)
Dangerous
Games: The True Story of a Convicted Murderer on Death Row Who Changed
His Sex and Won Her Freedom by Robert L. Bentley
Normal: Transsexual
CEOs, Crossdressing Cops and Hermaphrodites with Attitude by
Amy Bloom
In Search
of Eve: Transsexual Rites of Passage by Anne Bolin
Gender Outlaw:
On Men, Women and the Rest of Us by Kate Bornstein
Hello, Cruel
World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws
by Kate Bornstein
My Gender
Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something
Else Entirely by Kate Bornstein
TrueSelves:
Understanding Transsexualism for Families, Friends and Co-Workers
by Mildred L. Brown and Chloe Ann Rounsley
Gender Shock:
Exploding the Myths of Male and Female by Phyllis Burke
Sex Changes:
The Politics of Transgenderism by Patrick Califia
Transmen and
FTMs: Identities, Bodies, Genders, and Sexualities by Jason
Cromwell
Trans Liberation:
Beyond Pink or Blue by Leslie Feinberg
Transgender
Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman by
Leslie Feinberg
Transgender
Voices: Beyond Men and Women by Lori B. Girshick
Female Masculinity
by Judith 'Jack' Halbarstam
Bodyshock:
The Truth About Changing Sex by Liz Hodgkinson
Hermaphrodeities:
The Transgender Spirituality Workbook by Raven Kaldera
The Phallus
Palace by Dean Kotula
Nine Gates
to the Chassidic Mysteries by Jiri Langer; Stephen Jolly (Translator);
and Mordechai Georgo Langer
Transsexualism
in Society: A Sociology of Male to Female to Transsexuals by
Frank Lewins
Transgender
Nation by Gordene Olga MacKenzie
Nobody Passes:
Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity by Mattilda (a.k.a.
Matt Bernstein Sycamore) (Ed.)
How Sex Changed:
A History of Transsexuality in the United States by Joanne Meyerowitz
Reclaiming
Genders: Transsexual at the Fin De Siecle by Kate More and Stephen
Whittle (Eds.)
Lesbians Talk
Transgender by Zachary I. Nataf
Finding the
Real Me: True Tales of Sex and Gender Diversity by Tracie O'Keefe
and Katrina Fox (Eds.)
Sex, Gender
and Sexuality: 21st Century Transformations by Tracie O'Keefe
Trans-X-U-All:
The Naked Difference by Tracie O'Keefe and Katrina Fox
Transsexuals:
Candid Answers to Private Questions by Gerald Ramsey Ph.D
Coping With
Crossdressing by Joann Roberts (Ed.)
Crossdressers:
And Those Who Share Their Lives by Peggy J. Rudd
Crossdressing
with Dignity: The Case for Transcending Gender Lines by Peggy
J. Rudd
My Husband
Wears My Clothes by Peggy J. Rudd
Who's Really
from Venus?: The Tale of Two Genders by Peggy J. Rudd
Self-Organizing
Men by Jay Sennett (Ed.)
Whipping Girl:
A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
by Julia Serano
The Transsexual's
Survival Guide: To Transition and Beyond by Joann Altman Stringer
The Transsexual's
Survival Guide II: Information for Friends and Family by Joann
Altman Stringer
Transgender
History by Susan Stryker
Information
for the Female to Male Cross Dresser and Transsexual by Louis
Sullivan
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender
Public Policy Issues: A Citizen's and Administrator's Guide to New Cultural
Struggle by Wallace Swan (Editor)
Boys Like
Her: Transfictions by Taste This by Anna Camilleri, Ivan E.
Coyote, Zoe Eakle, Lyndell Montgomery
The Drag King
Anthology by Donna Troka, Kathleen Lebesco and Jean Noble
Self Made
Man: My Year Disguised as a Man by Norah Vincent
The Transgender
Debate: The Crisis Surrounding Gender Identities by Stephen
Whittle
The White
Book by Stephen Whittle
Queer Theory,
Gender Theory by Riki Wilchins
Read My Lips:
Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender by Riki Wilchins
The Third
Sex: The Genders of the Species by Gordon Wilson
Biography/Autobiography
But For The
Grace by Robert Allen
Sexual Metamorphosis:
An Anthology of Transsexual Memoirs by Jonathan Ames
Herculine
Barbin: Being the Recently Discovered Memoirs of a 19th Century French
Hermaphrodite by Herculine Barbin and Michel Foucault (ed.)
She's Not
There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan
Cameron: Correspondence
1997-2001 by Loren Cameron
Prisoner of
Gender: A Transsexual in the System by Stephanie Castle
As Nature
Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl by John Colapinto
My Story
by Caroline Cossey
Katherine's
Diary: The Story of a Transsexual by Katherine Cummings
The Mirror
Makes No Sense by Mark Angelo Cummings
Becoming a
Visible Man by Jamison Green
A Self-Made
Man: The Diary of a Man Born in a Woman's Body by Paul Hewitt
with Jane Warren
Michael Nee
Laura: The Story of the World's First Female to Male Transsexual
by Liz Hodgkinson
All She Wanted:
Brandon Teena by Aphrodite Jones
Just Add Hormones:
An Insider's Guide to the Transsexual Experience by Matt Kailey
The First
Man Made Man: The Story of Two Sex Changes, One Love Affair and a 20th
Century Medical Revolution by Pagan Kennedy
Both Sides
Now by Dhillon Khosla
What Becomes
You by Aaron Raz Link and Hilda Raz
Emergence:
A Transsexual Autobiography by Mario Martino with Harriet
Crossing:
A Memoir by Deidre M. McCloskey
Suits Me:
The Double Life of Billy Tipton by Diana Wood Middlebrook
Transman Bitesize:
The Story of a Woman Who Became a Man by Rico Adrian Paris
Dear Sir or
Madam: The Autobiography of a Female to Male Transsexual by
Mark Rees
The Last Time
I Wore a Dress by Daphne Scholinski
Note that Scholinski's first name is now Dylan, but the book is published
under Daphne
Perfidious
Man by Will Self
Orlando's
Sleep: An Autobiography of Gender by Jennifer Spry
From Female
to Male: The Life of Jack Bee Garland by Louis Sullivan
What Took
You So Long? A Girl's Journey to Manhood by Raymond Thompson
with Kitty Sewell
A Change For
Good by John Thorp
The Testosterone
Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male
by Max Wolf Valerio
Photography
The Gender
Frontier by Mariette Pathy Allen
Written portions are in both German and English.
Body Alchemy:
Transsexual Portraits by Loren Cameron
Cameron 1
by Loren Cameron
Man Tool:
The Nuts and Bolts of Female to Male Surgery by Loren Cameron
An eBook only available from www.lorencameron.com/mantool.
Crossing The
Line by Sara Davidmann
Adults in
Wonderland: A Retrospective by Grace Lau
Assume Nothing
by Rebecca Swan
Sublime Mutations
by Del LaGrace Volcano
The Drag King
Book by Del LaGrace Volcano and Judith 'Jack' Halberstam
Poetry/Performance
The Marrow's
Telling: Words in Motion by Eli Clare
Loose End
by Ivan E. Coyote
One Man's
Trash by Ivan E. Coyote
Transnational
Geographic by Neeve
S/he
by Minnie Bruce Pratt
Trans
by Hilda Raz
Two Truths
and a Lie by Scott Turner Schofield
Fiction
Choir Boy
by Charlie Anders
James Miranda
Barry by Patricia Duncker
Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides
Drag King
Dreams by Leslie Feinberg
Stone Butch
Blues by Leslie Feinberg
Supervillainz
by Alicia E. Goransen
Trumpet
by Jackie Kay
Homo Superior
by Richard Kirk
This book and the two sequels listed below were originally released
by Jennifer Kirk prior to transition, and the ISBN is registered to
her former name. New editions of this book explain the author's name
as being one of her pen-names.
Countdown
to Extinction by Jennifer Kirk
Syndicate
Dawn by Jennifer Kirk
Like Son
by Felicia Luna Lemus
It Knows You
By No Other Name by Dan McNay
Sex and Other
Changes by David Nobbs
The Story
of Fluff the Bunny by Ron Pejril
A children's book, available at www.ifge.org
Luna
by Julie Ann Peters
Sacred Country
by Rose Tremain
Parrotfish
by Ellen Wittlinger
Orlando
by Virginia Woolfe
For Family Members
Trans Forming
Families: Real Stories About Transgendered Loved Ones by Mary
Boenke (editor)
Highly recommended.
The Transgender
Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals by Stephanie
Brill and Rachel Pepper
A comprehensive, first-of-its-kind guidebook for the unique challenges
that thousands of families face raising children who step outside of
the pink or blue box.
Love Makes
a Family: Portraits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Parents
and Their Families by Peggy Gillespie and April Martin
Dress Codes:
Of Three Girlhoods - My Mother's, My Father's, and Mine by Noelle
Howey
Out of the
Ordinary: Essays on Growing up with Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Parents
by Noelle Howey; Ellen Samuels; and Margarethe Cammermeyer
Mom, I Need
to Be a Girl by Just Evelyn.
Available to read at Just
Evelyn
My Mommy Is
a Boy by Jace Martinez
A children's book about having an FTM parent. For sale at jcarsner.tripod.com/id23.html
On Being a
Gay Parent: Making a Future Together by Brett Webb-Mitchell
Written specifically for Christian parents and answers the questions
unique to the Christian gay parenting experience. It was written by
a minister who is also a gay father.
Films
Documentaries
100%
Woman (2004, Canada)
Two years in the life of Michelle Dumaresq, following her progress from
her first local race to becoming the Canadian downhill mountain bike
champion and the first Trans athlete on a national team.
Official website: 100percentwoman.com
A
Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (2006, US)
TV movie, based on the true story of Gwen Araujo, a 17 year old MTF
who was murdered at a party by 3 young men.
Official website: gwen-araujo-story
Beautiful
Boxer (2003, Thailand)
Thai with English subtitles. Based on the true story of Parinya Charoenphol,
a Thai boxer who competes to win a cash prize which will be used to
fund her transition.
Believe:
The Eddie Izzard Story (2009, UK)
The story of one man's triumph over adversity: cameras followed the
comedian and self-identified action transvestite on a very stressful
comeback tour and caught the story behind some of his best loved material
en route.
Official website: eddieizzardbelieve.com
The
Brandon Teena Story (1998, US)
The life and death of Brandon Teena, told through interviews with people
who knew him, recorded interrogation and trial transcripts, and photographs
and file film footage.
Call
Me Malcolm (2005, US)
The story of one man's struggle with faith, love and gender identity.
Official website: callmemalcolm.com
Ed
Wood: Look Back in Angora (1994, US)
A hysterical documentary which uses footage of Wood's own films to tell
his life story.
The
Fight to be Male (1981, UK)
A BBC documentary about the nature v nurture debate: is our gender identity
part of our genetic make-up or is it given to us in how we are raised.
funny
kinda guy (1996, US)
A musical odyssey from female to male of singer-songwriter Simon de
Voil, winning his long-sought masculinity while irreversibly sacrificing
his female singing voice to hormone treatment.
Official website: funnykindaguy.com
Make
Me A Man (2002, UK)
A two-part documentary from Channel 4 which follows four FTMs at various
points of their transition.
No
Dumb Questions (2001, US)
Three sisters, aged 6, 9 and 11, try to understand why and how their
Uncle Bill is becoming Aunt Barbara.
Official website: nodumbquestions.com
Red
Without Blue (2007, US)
The intimate bond between two identical twin brothers is challenged
when one decides to transition from male to female.
Official website: redwithoutblue.com
She's
a Boy I Knew (2007, Canada)
An intensely personal record of the filmmaker's own personal transition,
which also includes the various courses her family (parents, sisters,
best friend, wife) take through the process as well.
Official website: artflick.com
Sir:
Just a Normal Guy (2002, US)
Jay Snider is a 30 year old woman transitioning to a man. This film
documents that process and includes interviews with him as well as his
ex-husband Dave and Kari, his lesbian girlfriend.
Official website: octopusfilmvideo.com
Southern
Comfort (2001, US)
- Robert Eads, an FTM living in rural Georgia, USA is diagnosed with
ovarian cancer. After more than 20 doctors refused to treat him because
of his Trans status, this was filmed over the last year of his life.
Official website: nextwavefilms.com/southern
TransGeneration
(2005, US)
The lives of four young people who are transitioning while studying
at university.
Transparent
(2005, US)
19 Trans men from across America who gave birth to children prior to
transition.
Official website: transparentthemovie.com
XX
to XY: Fighting to be Jake (2003, UK)
A 20-minute documentary about a young British FTM.
You
Don't Know Dick: Courageous Hearts of Transsexual Men (1996,
US)
Six Trans men talking about their lives and their transition.
Feature Films
The
Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994, Australia)
Two drag queens and an MTF get a cabaret gig in the middle of the Australian
desert.
Ang
pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros - The Blossoming of Maximo
Oliveros (2005, Philippines)
Available in English. The main character is a 12 year old who wants
to be a girl.
Boys
Don't Cry (1999, US)
Based on the true story of Brandon Teena, a teen who preferred to live
as male until it was discovered that he was born female.
Breakfast
on Pluto (2005, UK)
In the 1970s, a foundling lad, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age
by leaving his Irish town for London, in part to look for his mother
and in part because his transgender nature is beyond the town's understanding.
The
Danish Girl (to be released in 2012, US)
Based on the book of the same name by David Ebershoff. It's a fictionalized
account of the life of Lili Elbe, the first person to undergo sex reassignment
surgery.
Different
for Girls (1996, UK)
Old school friends meet again 30 years later but now one has transitioned
to female and romance develops.
Ed
Wood (1994, US)
The mostly true story of the legendary crossdressing director.
Hedwig
And The Angry Inch (2001, US)
Film version of the stage musical about a transsexual from East Berlin
who tells her life story while touring the US with her band and following
the ex-boyfriend/bandmate who stole her songs.
Kinky
Boots (2005, UK)
Inspired by the true story of a traditional footwear factory in Northamptonshire
which turned to production of kinky boots for transvestites in order
to save the ailing family business and safeguard the jobs of the local
community.
Ma
Vie En Rose - My Life In Pink (1997, Belgium)
French with English subtitles. Ludovic is a 7 year old boy who can't
wait to grow up to be a woman. When his family discovers the little
girl blossoming in him they are forced to contend with their own discomfort
and he is sent to see a psychiatrist in the hopes of fixing whatever
is wrong with him. A film that addresses gender identity issues through
the eyes of a child.
Normal
(2003, US)
TV movie. A middle-aged factory worker in the American midwest transitions
to female, and must deal with the reactions of her wife and community.
Ready?
OK! (2008, US)
A single mother struggles to understand her young son's obsession with
dresses, dolls and girls' cheerleading.
Official website: readyokmovie.com.
RENT
(2004, US)
Film version of the stage musical about the lives of several people
in New York City and their struggles with sexuality, cross-dressing,
drugs, and AIDS. One of the main characters is MTF.
The
Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975, UK)
Cult film of the stage musical that parodies science fiction and horror
films. The main character identifies himself as a transvestite from
the planet Transsexual in the galaxy of Transylvania.
To
Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995, US)
A comedy about three drag queens travelling across America to a contest
but end up stranded in a small town when their car breaks down.
Transamerica
(2005, US)
A pre-op Trans woman learns that she has a son who is now a teenage
runaway hustling on the streets of New York. She offers him a ride home
to Los Angeles and as they get to know each other over the course of
the journey, her son finally finds out she is his father.
Victor/Victoria
(1982, US)
A struggling soprano finds work playing a female impersonator but living
as male complicates her personal life.
Willy/Milly
(1986, US)
A comedy about a tomboyish young girl, Milly, who thinks boys have more
fun and wishes she was one. With the aid of a magic potion she gets
her wish and becomes Willy but she finds that the male world has its
challenges too.
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