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Community Conversation => Transsexual talk => Male to female transsexual talk (MTF) => Topic started by: justme19 on June 10, 2010, 05:09:04 AM

Title: Want to buy a book to give me to mum when i come out, to help explain things....
Post by: justme19 on June 10, 2010, 05:09:04 AM
So, I want to buy a book for my mum when I come out so it can explains to her anything that she may not understand (She loves to read) Any suggestions for a good book, I have to be able to get it at a local book store. Even though im going to get very strange looks buying it, but oh well :P

Please any suggestions would be really greatly appreciated.
Title: Re: Want to buy a book to give me to mum when i come out, to help explain things....
Post by: Inphyy on June 10, 2010, 05:17:53 AM
The Last Time I Wore a Dress or The Uninvited Dilemma : A Question of Gender! :)

Title: Re: Want to buy a book to give me to mum when i come out, to help explain things....
Post by: Renate on June 10, 2010, 06:03:41 AM
As a primer, this book is not bad:

True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism: For Families, Friends, Coworkers, and Helping Professionals (1996) - Mildred L. Brown * Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0787967025) * WorldCat (http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51437864)

This is freely available on the internet:

Mom, I Need To Be a Girl (1998) - Evelyn D. Lindenmuth * Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/dp/1419684388) * WorldCat (http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40606207) * Online (http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/Evelyn/Evelyn.html)

This is a pamphlet put out by PFLAG:

Welcoming our Trans Family and Friends (http://community.pflag.org/Document.Doc?id=202)
Title: Re: Want to buy a book to give me to mum when i come out, to help explain things
Post by: justme19 on June 10, 2010, 08:00:38 AM
Thank you very much for all of this :D

hehe now I am very late to bed..... I sat up and read Mom, I Need To Be a Girl. By the end of it i was in tears.....
It's very well written! thanks again :)

Any more sugestions would be great :) Thank you :)
Title: Re: Want to buy a book to give me to mum when i come out, to help explain things
Post by: lilacwoman on June 10, 2010, 01:47:10 PM
Any more sugestions would be great :) Thank you :)
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Harry Benjamin Syndrome Review gets into the medical and legal side of things and is new in 2010
Title: Re: Want to buy a book to give me to mum when i come out, to help explain things....
Post by: K8 on June 10, 2010, 06:29:35 PM
I've read a lot of those available, but after I read True Selves I ordered ten copies to give to my relatives and some friends.

- Kate
Title: Re: Want to buy a book to give me to mum when i come out, to help explain things....
Post by: V M on June 10, 2010, 06:37:28 PM
Wow! Thank you!!!

I was just thinking about this very same thing and...

Whoop! There it is  ;D
Title: Re: Want to buy a book to give me to mum when i come out, to help explain things....
Post by: Frances on June 11, 2010, 07:30:32 AM
True Selves for sure!