'Letters for my Brothers': An Interview with Zander Keig
August 20, 2012 by Matt Kailey
http://tranifesto.com/2012/08/20/letters-for-my-brothers-an-interview-with-zander-keig/While mentors are an important part of any new experience, for newly out or newly transitioning trans men, they are sometimes hard to come by. But Zander Keig, MSW, and Megan Rohrer, MDiv, decided to solve that problem with the book Letters for my Brothers: Transitional Wisdom in Retrospect, a collection of essays by trans men reflecting on their transition experience (disclaimer: I have an essay in the book, but I get no royalties or other financial compensation for sales from the book).
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MK: What made you decide to put together this particular collection? Where did the idea come from and why is it important?
ZK: One day I was having a conversation with Megan about what I perceived to be a dearth of mentors in the FTM community. What I envisioned was a way for post-transition trans men to stay involved in the FTM community to provide guidance to their brothers. We decided to publish a book, an anthology of transition narratives, which offers a retrospective lens of the journey taken by the writers. The hope was that, in looking back, the writers could glean a bit of wisdom about the challenges and celebrations they have encountered and share that with the readers.
The writers were prompted with a couple of questions: write a letter to your pre-transition self sharing what you wish you had known before embarking on the path or write a letter to your brothers sharing your thoughts about your journey and what obstacles and surprises you have faced.
