Archived Essays on Gender & Sexual Activism

Disclaimer: These articles are historical documents. They were written in 2000-2004. The terminology and vocabulary used dates from that era, and was acceptable at that time. The descriptions of people and their interesting customs are descriptions of the east coast transgender communities that I hung out in at that time. If it doesn’t look like what you know today, that’s because it isn’t. I refuse to rewrite these documents because someday it will be important to have them available for historical reasons. In addition, I do not claim to be an academic or scholar, and I do not claim to speak for anyone except myself and all the transfolks who have given me permission to speak for them, which is quite a few. Have a nice day.

A short list of FTM related books

Becoming a Visible Man Jamison Green Vanderbilt University Press, 2004	Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits Loren Cameron Cleis Press, 1996	Female Masculinity Judith Halberstam Duke University Press, 1998	FTM: Female-To-Male Transsexuals in Society Holly Devor Indiana University Press, 1997.
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us Kate Bornstein Vintage, 1995	Gender Shock: Exploding Myths of Male and Female Phyllis Burke Doubleday, 1996	Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender Riki Wilchins Firebrand Books, 1995	S/He Minnie Bruce Pratt Firebrand Books, 1995
Self Made Men: Identity, Embodiment and Recognition Among Transsexual Men Henry Rubin Vanderbilt University Press, 2003.	Sex Changes: The Politics of Transgenderism Patrick Califia Cleis Press, 2003	The Last Time I Wore a Dress Daphne Scholinski Riverhead Books, 1998	The Phallus Palace: Female to Male Transsexuals Dean Kotula Alyson Publications, 2002
Trans Forming Families: Real Stories About Transgendered Loved Ones Ari Ishtar Lev & Mary Boenke (eds) Oak Knoll Press, 2003	Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue Leslie Feinberg Beacon Press, 1999	Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman Leslie Feinberg Beacon Press, 1997	Transmen and FTMs: Identities, Bodies, Genders, and Sexualities Jason Cromwell University of Illinois Press, 1999

Female-to-Male Transgenderism in Fiction

The Marketplace Series Laura Antoniou Mystic Rose Books, 1999-2001	Best Transgender Erotica Hanne Blank & Raven Kaldera Circlet Press, 2002	Lythande Marion Zimmer Bradley Daw Books, 1986	A Civil Campaign Lois McMaster Bujold Baen, 2000
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse: A Novel Louise Erdritch Perennial, 2002	Stone Butch Blues: A Novel Leslie Feinberg Alyson Publications, 2004	Lies and Scars: B&D That Takes You Over the Edge Kaldera, Raven Sizzler, 2004	Trumpet: A Novel Jackie Kay Vintage, 2000
Fall On Your Knees Anne-Marie MacDonald Touchstone, 2002	Words Heard In Silence T. Novan and Taylor Rickard Cavalier Press, 2004	Larque on the Wing Nancy Springer Avon Books, 1995	Genderflex: Sexy Stories on the Edge and In-Between Cecilia Tan (ed) Circlet Press, 1996
Crygender Thomas T. Thomas Baen, 1991	Sacred Country Rose Tremain Washington Square Press, 1995

Disclaimer: These articles are historical documents. They were written in 2000-2004. The terminology and vocabulary used dates from that era, and was acceptable at that time. The descriptions of people and their interesting customs are descriptions of the east coast transgender communities that I hung out in at that time. If it doesn’t look like what you know today, that’s because it isn’t. I refuse to rewrite these documents because someday it will be important to have them available for historical reasons. In addition, I do not claim to be an academic or scholar, and I do not claim to speak for anyone except myself and all the transfolks who have given me permission to speak for them, which is quite a few. Have a nice day.