Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation / Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish Community
by Jesse Monteagudo
South Florida Gay News
Saturday May 28, 2011
http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=reviews&sc3=&id=120050Books by or about transgender people are experiencing a literary renaissance similar to the one enjoyed by lesbian and gay writers back in the 1970s. The transgender experience has been written about in so many good books recently that this year's Lambda Literary Awards includes two transgender categories (Fiction and Nonfiction).
The American Library Association's Stonewall Award for LGBT Children or Young Adults Literature was awarded this year to Almost Perfect, Brian Katcher's touching novel about a high school's jock relationship with a trans girl. But there are as many transgender experiences as there are transgender people. So the best transgender books are often anthologies showcasing the diversity of the trans community.
