Welcome to the Deep Stealth
Picks page! These are products which have been found useful by transitioners.
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for their use.
Transgender
Warriors
by Leslie Feinberg. (Beacon Press, 1997)
Gender
Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us
by Kate Bornstein (Vintage, 1994)
Blending
Genders: Social Aspects of Cross-Dressing and Sex-changing
edited by Richard Ekins and Dave King (Routledge, 1996)
Hidden
in Plain Sight
by Leslie Townsend
Mark
947
by Calpernia Addams
Leslie
is a female-to-male, and has compiled an excellent overview of transgenderism
in world history.
Kate's
style is fun and accessible, and she raises some interesting questions
about gender. However, it's a bit scattered, and she addresses her more
compelling issues much more thoroughly and thoughtfully in her follow-up,
My Gender Workbook.
A decent
anthology of current thinking on the topic, although they give transphobia's
poster child, Janice Raymond, the final word.
Leslie
began transition at 19 and lived stealth for 18 years before deciding
it was holding her back.
Read Andrea's review here.
Calpernia began transition
after a strict religious upbringing and a stint in the Navy. While working
as a showgirl, she was thrust into the media spotlight when her boyfriend
was murdered by fellow soldiers.
Read Andrea's review here.