This month’s book is one I read a few years back. I re-read it for this review. The author is Dr. Michele Angello, who is a Philadelphia area Gender therapist specializing in Gender variant youth. She is also a friend of mine, but that won’t stop me from giving an Honest review. (Got that, Michele?) […]
Today our Page Pundit, Sophie Lynne, reviews “The Queer & Transgender Resilience Workbook: Skills for Navigating Sexual Orientation & Gender Expression” by Anneliese Singh, PhD, LPC. That’s right, there’s a work book you can use during you gender transition, or to figure out that you don’t need to transition. Sophie’s review will help you determine if the book is right for you.
This month’s book is a bit of a curve ball — Trans*: A Quick and Quirky Account of Gender Variability by Jack Halberstam. I saw it in the book store, and said to myself, “Self, quick and quirky sounds perfect!” It was a mere 136 pages of text, but the 27 pages of notes, sources, […]
Today Sophie Lynne, our Page Pundit, takes a look at 2014’s “Trans Bodies, Trans Selves.” The book is meant to be a handbook and reference for trans people and features different chapter written by people who have various identities within the trans community.
Sophie Lynne is our Book Pundit. Her beat is to review books with transgender themes, trans characters, or books written by trans authors. Today she tackles a book titled The Murder Room. It came out in 2010 and is a murder mystery of the True Crime genre. Some of the characters featured are trans women and that’s why Sophie is reviewing it today.
Sophie Lynne puts on her Page Pundit hat and reviews the Young Adult novel If I Was Your Girl by trans writer Meredith Russo. The book has won a ton of major awards, including Barnes and Noble Best New Books of the Year, Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, ALA Stonewall Book Award – Winner, Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year. See what Sophie thinks of it and its value to cisgender and trans people in today’s Page Pundit Post.
Today the Page Pundit, our Sophie Lynne, reviews the latest book, and the first work of fiction in 20 years, from Jennifer Finney Boylin. It’s called Long Black Veil. Six college pals sneak into the shuttered Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. Somehow they are locked in. When the door opens on five of the pals come out of the historic prison. One is missing. Thirty years later a body is found in the prison. Yes, it’s a mystery and Sophie gives you a spoiler free review.
In light of Ms. Bob Davis’s current effort to preserve trans history by turning her massive collection of trans photos, memorabilia and books into an archive that will be available to the public we present a re-run from April of 1998. It is a review of a rare book, a detective story with science fiction overtones that was published in 1907, and features moving the consciousness of a man into the body of a woman. It’s also a satire of the type of detectives stories written at that time.
Jan Brown does a short review of a new book by Dr. Veronica Vera (headmistress at Veronica Vera’s Finishing School for Boys Who Want to Be Girls) titled “Miss Vera’s Cross Gender Fun for All.”
Tasi Zuriack reviews a book by Amy Bloom titled “Normal.” The subtitle is: “Transsexual CEOs, Crossdressing Cops, and Hermaphrodites with Attitude.” It was published in 2003 and offers an outsider’s perspective on the diversity of the trans community. Read her review and get Tasi’s take on “Normal.”
Dallas Denny has allowed us to republish a piece she posted on her Chrysalis website. While she has not read the book she has skimmed it and found evidence that “Gender Hurts” is not an actual scholarly work on transgender issues but instead a book with an anti-trans agenda. It is very similar, but better written, to another work published over 30 years ago that claimed transsexuals were a plot to replace biological women.
The people we need to come along at the right time usually do. It’s no accident that the universe crossed my path with Alana Nicole Sholar and Bobbie Thompson when it did. This amazing couple has some of the most enriching nuggets of wisdom when it comes to the world of transgender. That’s probably because […]
Our contributor Nikki Nicole reviews a book that has just been released by another of our contributors, Catie Maye. The book is titled “Men Can Wear Dresses Too” and Catie says it “…represents not just my personal journey but a journey taken by everyone who in some way does not conform to the society definition of ‘normal.”
A college student enrolls in a history course at his local community college. Little does he know that in a short time he will move in with his professor, discover that she is a transsexual, learn of her fascinating history and pass it on to the world in a book about her. Gina Vizavi reviews Babette, The Many Lives, Two Deaths and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth.
Tasi Zuriack, our TGForum fashion columnist, has written a book titled Top 10 Fashion Mistakes by Crossdressers and How to Fix Them. It’s, as the title reveals, a manual for crossdressers meant to help them not make the mistakes that are as much a sign that you are a cross dresser as, well, having a sign saying “I’m a cross dresser. We assigned Sophie Lynne to review the book and here is that review.
Remember when you were just starting to crossdress? Or maybe you’re at the stage now. What you needed was good information on how to achieve the look you desired. Of course there’s the Internet and there are a few books available that tell how to master the various skills necessary. Today we review the newest “how-to” book to join the pile. A follow up to Carollyn Olson’s first how-to book More Tricks of The Trade brings together a number of experts. Read Gina Vizavi’s review.
Sophie Lynne takes a walk on the rough side of town to deliver on an assignment she was handed by a tough editor. It’s all about Noir, and a former cop who’s now a lady detective. All the standard Noir characters are there but some of them take a few twists and turns. Sure, there’s a murder. Maybe two. It’s noir, baby. The book is called One for an Old Friend. Check out the banner ad that pops up on the right side of the page now and then. And give Sophie Lynne’s review a look see, see? Or we’re not sure what might happen.
There are some areas of life on this world that really need a handbook or “field guide” to help people maneuver through rocky and confusing terrain. One of those areas is how to deal with a transgendered, or gender variant child. Raising a child is hard enough but what do you do when you little boy insists he’s a girl or your little girl says she wants to be called Jack and won’t wear a dress or skirt? Fortunately for the parents of transgendered children Dr. Michele Angello has distilled the essence of 15 years doing therapy with transgendered adults and children into a book. It’s called On The Couch With Dr. Angello and we review it for you today.
Our TG fiction expert Sophie Lynne takes a look at another Chris Burrows book. This one is “A Tranny’s Nine Wishes.” Does Sophie give it a good review? Not exactly. See what she thinks in “Silver Linings.”
Dallas Denny delves into John Irving’s latest book, In One Person. What makes Irving’s thirteenth novel different from the others? You’ll find many of Irving’s usual characters and themes but Dallas says there’s more to this book.
In 1997 author Valory Gravois published a transvestite coming of age novel called Cherry Single. The book is available on Amazon.com or for free from the author’s own website. Sophie Lynne has done a review of the book which we present today.
