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GIC Reading List
Many of these titles are available to GIC members at the Gender Identity Center Library. Visit the Center for more information.
The Apartheid of Sex: A Manifesto on the Freedom of Gender by Martine Rothblatt
Bisexuality : The Psychology and Politics of an Invisible Minority
by Beth A. Firestein (Ed.)
also in
hardcover
By a wonderful advocate for Colorado's TG community. Includes a
great chapter on TG issues by Dallas Denny and James Green.
Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits by Loren Cameron
Brain Sex: The Real Difference Between Men & Women by Anne Moir & David Jessel
Changes... Understanding the Gender-Role Transition
by Dana Cole
Order directly from the publisher, The Phoenix Project
Excellent insight on transition issues
Changing Sex: Transsexualism, Technology and the Idea of Gender by Bernice L. Hausman
Christine Jorgensen: A Personal Autobiography
by Christine Jorgensen
Out of print, but Amazon can help you find a copy
Confessions of a Gender Defender: A Psychologist's Reflections of Life Among the Transgendered by Randi Ettner, Ph.D.
Conundrum: An Extraordinary Narrative of Transsexualism
by Jan Morris
A classic autobiography by a great writer
Crossdressers and Those Who Share Their Lives by Peggy Rudd
Dance of the Selves: Uniting the Male and Female Within
by Loretta Ferrier, Ph.D.
Out of print, but Amazon can help you find a copy
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-IV
by the American Psychiatric Association
See our Writings page for
some perspectives on issues of the classification of gender diversity
as mental illness
From Female to Male: The Life of Jack Bee Garland
by Louis Sullivan
Out of print, but Amazon can help you find a copy
Gender Dysphoria: Development, Research, Management by Better W. Steiner
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us
by Kate Bornstein
also in
hardcover
Gender Shock: Exploding the Myths of Male and Female
by Phyllis Burke
Important account of the psychiatric abuse of TG people
Gender Trouble : Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
by Judith Butler
Groundbreaking postmodern feminist text on gender and
identity in society
In Search of Eve: Transsexual Rites of Passage
by Anne Bolin
A classic anthropological TS reference by a GIC founder
The Last Time I Wore A Dress
by Daphne Scholinsky
A personal account of psychiatric abuse
Lettin' It All Hang Out: An Autobiography by RuPaul
Medical, Legal & Workplace Issues for the Transsexual by Sheila Kirk, MD and Martine Rothblatt, JD
My Gender Workbook: How to Become A Real Man, A Real Woman,
the Real You or Something Else Entirely
by Kate Bornstein
also in
hardcover
My Husband Wears My Clothes by Peggy J. Rudd
My Story
by Caroline Cossey
Out of print, but Amazon can help you find a copy
Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender
by Riki Ann Wilchens
also in
hardcover
Second Serve: The Renee Richards Story
by Renee Richards
Out of print, but Amazon can help you find a copy
S/He
by Minnie Bruce Pratt
also in
hardcover
Spirit and the Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture
by Walter L. Williams
Classic text on Native-American two-spirit traditions
Stone Butch Blues
by Leslie Feinberg
A gripping must-read novel by the 1998 GIC
Goldrush Keynote Speaker
Transformations: Crossdressers and Those Who Love Them
by Mariette Pathy Allen
Out of print, but Amazon can help you find a copy
Transgender Care : Recommended Guidelines, Practical Information, and
Personal Accounts
by Gianna E. Israel, Donald E. Tarver M.D.
The best reference on affirmative, supportive medical practice
Transgender Warriors: Making History From Joan of Arc to RuPaul
by Leslie Feinberg
Excellent historical perspective by the 1998 GIC
Goldrush Keynote Speaker
Trans Liberation : Beyond Pink or Blue
by Leslie Feinberg
The latest book from the 1998 GIC
Goldrush Keynote Speaker
Trans-Scriptions 1996
published by The Gender Identity Center of Colorado
Order directly from the GIC
A Collection of Stories, Poems and Artwork by,
for and about the Transgendered Community
Transsexuals' Candid Answers to Private Questions by Gerald Ramsey, Ph.D.
The Transsexual's Survival Guide To Transition and Beyond by JoAnn Altman Stringer
The Transsexual's Survival Guide II : To Transition & Beyond for Family, Friends, & Employers by JoAnn Altman Stringer
Two-Spirit People : Native American Gender Identity, Sexuality, and
Spirituality
by Sue-Ellen Jacobs (Ed), Wesley Thomas (Ed), Sabine Lang (Ed)
Recent perspectives on Native American cross-gender
traditions
The Uninvited Dilemma: A Question of Gender by Kim Elizabeth Stuart
Unzipped Genes: Taking Charge of Baby-Making in the New Millennium by Martine Rothblatt
Vested Interests : Cross-Dressing & Cultural Anxiety
by Margorie Garber
An insightful view of cross-dressing in history, literature
and art
Just for Fun!
Plus Style : The Plus-Size Guide to Looking Great
by Suzan Nanfeldt
Excellent clothing, makeup and hair style guide
for the plus-size woman
Shame : A Novel
by Alan Russell
Kathy Wilson was a consultant for the author on this
novel: a murder mystery with a great TG heroine