LGBTQ author aims to inspire
By Edward Henderson,
Posted on 07 May 2012.
http://www.thedailyaztec.com/2012/05/lgbtq-author-aims-to-inspire/San Diego State social work graduate student Zander Keig may have a promising literary career ahead of him. Keig's book, "Letters For My Brothers: Transitional Wisdom in Retrospect," has been nominated for a Lambda Literary Award, which honors excellence in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer literature. Winners of this prestigious award will be announced on June 4 at the 24th Annual Lambda Literacy Awards gala in New York City. Keig's book is nominated in the Transgender Nonfiction category.
"Letters For My Brothers" is an anthology of 24 letters written by female-to-male transsexuals describing the challenges and offering insight from their transition. The concept for the book was inspired by the life of Louis Sullivan, a pioneer in FTM transsexual community activism. Sullivan communicated methods of obtaining peer support, professional counseling, endocrinological services and reconstructive surgery outside the institution of the gender dysphoria clinics, mainly through letter correspondence with individuals interested in making the FTM transition. From the mid-1980s until his death in 1991, Sullivan raised awareness and set the foundation for a community of FTM transsexuals through these letters.
