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Title: Transgender Books - True Selves [review]
Post by: Shana A on May 09, 2008, 03:17:35 PM
Post by: Shana A on May 09, 2008, 03:17:35 PM
Transgender Books - True Selves
Posted in ->-bleeped-<- by Stephanie Delacey on May 9th, 2008
http://pillowbook.co.uk/2008/05/09/transgender-books-true-selves/ (http://pillowbook.co.uk/2008/05/09/transgender-books-true-selves/)
True Selves by Mildred L. Brown & Chloe Ann Rounsley, subtitled Understanding Transsexualism: For Families, Friends, Coworkers and Helping Professionals, was written by a sex therapist (with the help of a journalist) who specialises in treating transgendered people. It is obviously a work directed primarily at those who are involved with transsexuals in one capacity or other rather than at transsexuals themselves. Indeed, the latter are unlikely to learn anything new from this book. It is a general introduction couched in a colloquial style and designed for a non-specialist audience who may never previously have given gender issues a moment's thought. As such it has been attacked for being too middle-of-the-road and for not addressing more radical ideas and practices.
Posted in ->-bleeped-<- by Stephanie Delacey on May 9th, 2008
http://pillowbook.co.uk/2008/05/09/transgender-books-true-selves/ (http://pillowbook.co.uk/2008/05/09/transgender-books-true-selves/)
True Selves by Mildred L. Brown & Chloe Ann Rounsley, subtitled Understanding Transsexualism: For Families, Friends, Coworkers and Helping Professionals, was written by a sex therapist (with the help of a journalist) who specialises in treating transgendered people. It is obviously a work directed primarily at those who are involved with transsexuals in one capacity or other rather than at transsexuals themselves. Indeed, the latter are unlikely to learn anything new from this book. It is a general introduction couched in a colloquial style and designed for a non-specialist audience who may never previously have given gender issues a moment's thought. As such it has been attacked for being too middle-of-the-road and for not addressing more radical ideas and practices.