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(Whipping Girl: A shrewd analysis of femme-phobia in America)

(Essential Information for the Intelligent and Open-Minded !)

(Things that just needed to be said)

(Way too acedemic for its own good. But still worth a read.)

(A fine line between being critical/constructive and grinding an ax/being overly pedantic)

I found Julia Serano's book, "Whipping Girl," to be full of very shrewd observations as to femme-phobia in modern American culture. Many of her observations were dead-on regarding bigotry towards not only trans women and effeminiate gay men, that is, hate being directed primarily toward the feminine itself, but towards the roots of fear of the feminine. The book explores why our culture discourages the feminine in individuals while encouraging the masculine, and on this level I found the discourse very insightful and accurate if somewhat academic.

Although her logic and common sense is very good, at times I found the book a bit too full of legalistic, persuasive argument and lacked in personal experiences that I could relate to. As a trans woman myself, although I agreed and understood whole-heartedly Ms. Serano's line of reasoning, I often found myself a little lost in the rhetoric which at times bordered on the partisan and philosophical. Sadly, at times the book's philosophical tone gets a little caught up in its own righteousness, vocabulary and hard-driven logic, and so loses heart in the process.

I would have enjoyed, and related, more I think to a story involving more personal and emotional anecdotes as well as the anti-transphobia partisanship that the book delves so deeply into. I suspect Ms. Serano's goal was to present a comprehensive and philosophical view from that of a trans woman feminist, which she does very well, and were I in a womens'-studies college class, this book might be an excellent text, however, for relaxing in the sun on a spring afternoon it began to seem a little dry and frankly made me sleepy.

I'm imagine the author might counter that there are many other books of the "personal anecdotal" variety which I could read instead, but that this volume was written as a serious exploration of feminist philosophy from a transgender angle. Assuming the intent was a serious (very serious) study of the roots of femme phobia and transphobia in American culture, the book succeeds brilliantly. As pure entertainment, however, I'm sad to say I found it somewhat lacking, although I don't think entertainment was its sole intent. Far from it.

Nonetheless, an interesting read with some great insights to bigotry towards the feminine in our culture. A good read for GLBT and trans folks with an activist bent.
Julia Serano's exceptionally written book, "Whipping Girl" is both Serano's own story but more importantly a carefully written text about trans women. Her experiences and data as documented are compelling and essential reading for those who wish to understand what this is all about. Brava!Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
The author of this book brings feminist (&trans issues) to light in such a fantastic way, exposing hurtful dogma and exclusionary policies, and demonstrating the marginalization of all things feminine not only in feminism but amongst the G&L communities. Her writing style is convincing, entertaining, and makes such a clear argument for the case she is making. I couldn't help but have hope that maybe feminist can become a good word again.
She is the anti-Judith Butler of gender studies in acedemia, and that alone is a good thing! Every trans-political issue is tackled like a line backer. Though I'd rather see books like this be written in a more approachable manner, it's still a good one if you can see past the acedemic mumbo jumbo, relentless "big word" use and the dissertation style pesentation.

Worth the read if your more political about your gender.
As the title of this review suggests, there is, at least for me, quite a fine line between making critical, thoughtful commentary and the degeneration into being pedantic and, for lack of a better term, grinding one's ax.

In this book, Serano has one foot in each of those approaches, sort to speak. She makes some very insightful comments, provides helpful terms and vocabulary that are both original and useful. In addition, she approaches Judith Butler's 'Queer Theory' with a critical eye. This is especially laudable as oftentimes there's a rather complacent and unquestioned acceptance of queery theory in much of the academy.

For readers unfamiliar with this concept - queer theory, in short, postulates that gender is merely performance and there is no such thing as 'man' or 'woman' as these are 'inventions' of social convention. I feel that Serano, as a trained biologist is qualified to provide an alternative and progressive viewpoint on this topic.

There is tremendous tension between many in the larger transsexual&genderqueer communities. Recriminations are common as genderqueer people have in many cases accused transsexuals of recreating the dominant gender binary which they perceive as oppressive. Conversely, transsexuals have charged genderqueers with being a movement that is a mere fad and specific demographic comprised of overwhelmingly white, middle-class, urban, hipsters who have no idea what oppression and violence directed at transsexuals is like.

There is a middle ground within these two extremes that would respect difference and work on forming affinities and alliances. I think this is , in part, what Serano is heeding as she argues for an end to the degeneration of conventional femininity. The author's presmise and one I agree with is that being feminine does not make a person a mere dupe or willing accomplice of the system, if a person expresses themselves in this way because of genuine, honest desire.

In addition, the author discusses hormones and other aspects of transition. Furthermore, she illustrates how transsexuals are portrayed in the media in what can only be described as caricature: hyper-feminine, devious, artificial, and mere constructs of medicine. She contrasts this with how other forms of (non-trans) femininity are presented and framed in conventional discourse. These are some of the strong points of Serano's analysis and well worth careful review.

Having noted a few of the positives aspects of her book, I also feel obliged to note qualities that I did not care for in this work. As a trans woman myself, I feel empathy for the righteous anger that permeates through Serano's book having experienced a great deal of it too.

Yet for all the all too real violence and issues of discrimination that face the transsexual community, I also feel that we have to move past anger and hostility. Such attitudes are frequently manifested in overly pedantic tendencies that I believe tend to alienate non-trans people as well as hinder the formation of alliances and affinities between the trans community and other communities.

On a practical note, this serves to make the book take on an air of redundancy at times as well as seeming like a rather well refined rant.

I've spoken with several non-trans, (or as the author would say 'cisgendered'), friends&family who while moved and sympathetic to the issues Serano raises, were eventually put off by what they felt was the very angry, redundant tone of the book.

Reading it as a trans person with academic and critical leanings, I feel as though a tremendous amount of the material involves things and concepts I've simply already heard, many, many times. It becomes an exercise in preaching to the choir, sort to speak.

Which, while valuable, also might leave one searching for something else in an alternative voice espousing a more whole and spiritual aesthetic.

A provocative manifesto,Whipping Girltells the powerful story of Julia Serano, a transsexual woman whose supremely intelligent writing reflects her diverse background as a lesbian transgender activist and professional biologist. Serano shares her experiences and observations— both pre- and post-transition — to reveal the ways in which fear, suspicion, and dismissiveness toward femininity shape our societal attitudes toward trans women, as well as gender and sexuality as a whole.

Serano's well-honed arguments stem from her ability to bridge the gap between the often-disparate biological and social perspectives on gender. She exposes how deep-rooted the cultural belief is that femininity is frivolous, weak, and passive, and how this“feminine” weakness exists only to attract and appease male desire.

In addition to debunking popular misconceptions about transsexuality, Serano makes the case that today's feminists and transgender activist must work to embrace and empower femininity— in all of its wondrous forms.

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< Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity > < Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity > < Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us > < She's Not the Man I Married: My Life with a Transgender Husband > < Transgender History (Seal Studies) > freaks

< The Two Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke > < All Your Worth: The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan > < Strapped: Why America's 20- and 30-Somethings Can't Get Ahead > < The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don't Need > < Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders > < The Fragile Middle Class: Americans in Debt > Elizabeth Warren,Amelia Warren Tyagi

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(I figured this out at age 20.)

(the two income trap)

(Excellent book - Today's economic collapse predicted yrs ago)

(Some Excellent Observations but Over-Blames "the System")

(Worth Reading, Gets You Thinking, But...)

This was a good book. I remeber saying something similar to an older co-worker around 1990 when I was 20 years old...that the effect of having of having 2 income familes just drove up the price of housing because people did not save that 2nd income. My co-worker looked at me like I was nuts. It just didn't register.

Too bad I don't have a PhD. Maybe my coworker would have listened then.

I don't agree with all the points in the book, but most of them are spot-on. It seems like people should have figured this out without someone having to tell them, but obviously not. For that reason, it's a good book.

Well-documented book that seems to have found ground, long dismissed or rejected. I hope many people read this book and discuss what we can/should do about it
This was great book when I read it earlier in 2008. Now that we have the Great Depression II, read this and better understand why we are in this mess. This book was ahead of its time.
In this book the author states that "having a child is now the single best predictor that a woman will end up in financial collapse," and this is true for both married as well as single women. In fact, the author boldly, and correctly, suggests that people avoid having children as a financial planning technique.

The author also shows that the dual-income family of the early 2000s is no better off than the single-income family of the 1970s. The second income is eaten up by increases in housing, education, child care, health insurance, auto costs, and taxes. There are structural changes in our economy that account for this, but the author avoids this topic.

The fact that our America is not the same as our parents' America is not our fault. But we've all got to adapt and make decisions, just like our parents and grandparents did when they went through the Great Depression.

My wife and I are in our mid-fifties now (2008). When we started out, we knew there was no way we could accomplish financially what our parents did. So we decided not to have kids, we stayed together, we moved several times to find jobs, we both obtained Masters Degrees, and we both went back to school to change careers. We've never purchased a new vehicle. We've rented most of our lives, but in 2002 we bought a small condo. Looking back, we struggled, but our current financial security is due to the decisions we made, and our willingness to adapt.

Likewise, the people we know who are less financially secure also made decisions - bad decisions - and they refuse to adapt. For example, an acquaintance got divorced after fathering a child, made a career change, is not making lots of money but refuses to go back to school, tried unsuccessfully to avoid making child support payments, and lives at home with his mother. He is self-employed, and works about 20 hours a week, which is fine with him. He says he is "a second class citizen," and wants socialized health care because he fears cancer and has no insurance, yet he doesn't want to go to the county hospital when he has chest pain because of the long waiting time.

My wife and I are supposed to feel sorry for him? We're supposed to get out the crying towel and ask our Congressman to increase our taxes so Uncle Government can help him out? I think not!

The author also contends that deregulation of the banking industry has resulted in unscrupulous lenders forcing debt upon naïve borrowers. She blames lenders for the fact that many families, including middle- and upper-income families, ended up with expensive subprime mortgages. Let's see, the lenders are at fault because these buyers didn't do a little reading and comparison shopping before they locked themselves into the biggest investment of their lives? Sorry, but I'm not buying it.

The author's solution to the credit problem is re-regulation. Unfortunately, that "solution" punishes the responsible borrower. Instead, I suggest that everyone who wants credit of any kind must first obtain a borrowers license. We don't let people drive cars without a drivers license. Likewise, we shouldn't let people take on credit without a borrowers license, because they can so easily harm themselves and others through debt mismanagement.

In fact, maybe we should also make people obtain a birthing license so they become aware of the author's major premise, that "having a child is now the single best predictor" of ending up in financial ruin. Of course, most people won't listen, but at least they can't complain that they weren't informed!

In closing, this book makes some excellent points, but it minimizes the importance of personal decision making by over-blaming "the system," and some of the suggested solutions are questionable. If you are interested in this topic, I highly recommend The Fragile Middle Class: Americans in Debt, co-authored by Ms. Warren. That book points out that the huge increase in consumer debt has made Americans more vulnerable to all financial setbacks, including the top three reasons for bankruptcy: job loss, divorce, and medical problems.

...there are some serious problems, too.

First, the good points:

-We need our usury laws back!
It is stupid and reckless to expect an eighteen year old kid to suddenly possess a JD and be a CPA to accurately wade through the ten pages of fine print attached to a credit card application. That is where the trouble starts, on college campuses, under the guise of a free Tshirt or 2 liter of Coke if you fill out an application.

-Health care is disaster.
It is diabolically stupid to connect health care to employment. Medicare For ALL!

-Colleges are out of control.
We need to price cap state schools, point blank. The authors are dead on with this one. Not every college needs to be the best in every program, and they are all trying to be. Let them prioritize and specialize- not every college needs trades and sports and culinary arts and fine arts... blah blah blah. All the schools I know are pumping money into housing, too, which is really stupid in the midwest, where off campus is usually nicer and cheaper.

-The Financial Fire Drill.
Thinking like a family at war; protecting what you value most; acknowledging that your children are more important than your credit rating or the creditor that yells the loudest; explaining that the longest financial commitments are also the riskiest- this stuff is worth reading and worth knowing.

-Car Seats: All That Safety Comes a High Price.
When my parents were kids (in families of 7 and 8), each family had two cars: a station wagon and a pick up. The station wagons didn't have seat belts, little kids were lap riders, and you could ride as many people as could squeeze in. If the wagon went on the fritz, the family piled into the bed of the truck. No more.
Car seats themselves are expensive, they expire after five years (no, I am not making this up- look it up), and God help the family with three kids. Even if the oldest is out of his/her car seat, unless you have a third row vehicle (a minivan or a big SUV), chances are you can't all legally fit. Even in the backseat of a big sedan (or larger), there is not enough room between two car seats for a five or six year old, much less a seven or eight year old to ride. Bigger cars are more expensive cars, and it is a huge burden, especially with gas at $4 a gallon.

The Cons:

- Though the title is the Two Income Trap, the authors don't explain thouroughly enough how to live within your means either on one income or two.
For example, two full time, out of home workers are going to rely much more on meals out and packaged, more expensive groceries. This is not a failing on their part, its just the reality that cooking from scratch takes lots of time (and often, lots of time to learn). This is frequently one of the means by which couples "downshift" when they move from two incomes to one. When joined by losing extra taxes, daycare, car payments, insurance, and gas, and the other expenses associated with working, a new picture emerges for most families. They could have gone into this, and they didn't. It's too bad.

-Vouchers.
Okay, I haven't made up my mind on this concept yet. I think that tying schools to a zip code is at least as stupid as tying health care to employment, but, again, the authors don't really explore the variables here. Can kids go to school anywhere in the state under their ideal voucher program? If so, do the best schools become boarding schools, the way the schools for the blind/deaf are? What are the implications there?
Also, as a homeschool advocate, I was disappointed to not even see non-institutional education get so much as a mention.

-Housing.
Yes, housing prices throughout much of the country got out of control. Yet there remained many areas where housing prices are low enough that it is possible to own a family size home on a single income. Our 3 bedroom, 150 year old house cost $31,000 in 2005. While it needs some updating, it isn't a shack, either.
(And no, low COL areas are not neccesarily low wage areas- rather, they are low COL because the cost of real estate is low relative to wages. Our mortgage is equal to about 18 months of my husband's net salary.)
My husband's coworker bought a 5 bedroom house on 2 acres last year, and while it's in need of some pretty serious remodeling, she only paid $17,000 for it. I think that's a bargain, considering you can't buy a new Honda Civic for that price.
I think there's a certain amount of choice at play here.

At the end of this book, I was left with the words of Amy Dacyzyn ringing in my ears: "If you are willing to live like a family did in 1960, you can survive and even thrive on a single income." Is this true in every area of the U.S.? No, but if you pick a place with a lower COL, it can be done. People just don't want to think about what this means- it means a more modest home; a single car payment at a time (if any at all), very few meals out; no paper towels or disposible dishrags, napkins, diapers, wipes, plates, cups, etc.; no cable or cellphone; no dishwasher or microwave. This is how people got ahead on a single income back then, and it's how people do it now.

(Oh, and for what it's worth, I am a dyed in the wool liberal.)

This groundbreaking exposé brings to light the surprising financial consequences of mothers going to work, and the precarious position of today's middle class.

More than two decades ago, the women's movement flung open the doors of the workplace. Although this social revolution created a firestorm of controversy, no one questioned the idea that women's involvement in the workforce was certain to improve families' financial lot. Until now.

In this brilliantly argued book, Harvard Law School bankruptcy expert Elizabeth Warren and business consultant Amelia Tyagi show that today's middle-class parents are suffering from an unprecedented and totally unexpected economic meltdown. Astonishingly, sending mothers to work has made families more vulnerable than ever before. Today's two-income family earns 75% more money than its single-income counterpart of a generation ago, but actually has less discretionary income once their fixed monthly bills are paid.

How did this happen? Warren and Tyagi provide convincing evidence that the culprit is not "overconsumption," as many critics have charged. Instead, they point to the ferocious bidding war for housing and education that has quietly engulfed America's suburbs. Stay-at-home mothers once provided a financial safety net if disaster struck; their move into the workforce has left today's families chillingly at risk. The authors show why the usual remedies-child-support enforcement, subsidized daycare, and higher salaries for women-won't solve the problem, and propose a set of innovative solutions, from rate caps on credit cards to open-access public schools, to restore security to the middle class.
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< My Fair Captain > < No Going Home > < The Broken H > < Without Reservations > < With Caution > < The Tin Star > J. L. Langley

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(Enjoyable, but not without missteps)

(When is the next book coming out?)

(Great Book!!!)

(Wonderfully Imaginative&Entertaining)

(My Fair Captain: Fantastic Genre-Blending and World-Building)

The character development is there, there are fun plot twists, and there is romance. The combination of futuristic and old makes for an interesting world to explore. But there were a few missteps. Here again, we have the stereotypical role playing of one partner in the male/male relationship being masculine and distinctly "top", the other feminine "bottom" (in this day and age, aren't we past that?). As in other books by J. L. Langley, there is the wide discrepancy in age between the men in the relationship. The bedroom relationship of submission/domination (as mentioned by another reviewer) was rather off-putting to me, but heck, to each his own. Overall a fun read: I would suggest Mel Keegan's Narc series (sci-fi gay heroes), and of course Chrome by George Nader (sci-fi, younger/older relationship but well done).
I couldn't and didn't want to put the book down. The characters, plot and the excitement for the continuation of the series has me very excited. I so enjoyed this book.
I'm not going to write what all this book was about as the other reviewers have already done so. I just wanted to say I really loved this book. I have also added it to my "keeper" shelf. Please tell me J.L. Langley will write a sequel!! Several sequels! I have to know what happens to the rest of the family. Especially Trouble. I'll be keeping my eye out for a continuation to this story.
I prey there will be one VERY soon!
Nathaniel Hawkins is a swash-buckling captain (and evidently quite handsome) who is very satisfied with his life, his ship and it's crew, and his adopted son, "Trouble." When asked to go on a stake-out of sorts on a nearby planet, he willingly agrees: anything for the cause. However what he finds on the planet Regilence is more than he had bargained for. It's a planet of patriarchal military homo power-couples, including King Steven and his male "consort," Raleigh who have five handsome and somewhat rowdy sons. Captain Hawkins takes a shine to one, a very talented artist named Aiden, but the Captain doesn't know whether he's ready to become a family man and try to "fit in" to this planet and it's somewhat idiosynchratic customs and mores (and how can he give up his beloved ship and the life he has made there?)

Add a bunch of fun and likable characters, including the sons and the King and his "Consort" as well as the wonderfully written character of Trouble; mystery, action, suspense, and enough romance to melt the most frozen heart, and you get a novel that is a joy to read, possibly more than once.

There are enough loose ends that there could be a second book, and I would rush out to buy it, should it become available. The dom/submissive thing isn't usually my thing, but it works here well and is done in good taste (well, good taste if you like this genre) and in good fun.

I'd certainly recommend this novel to anyone who enjoys M/M novels and gay-themed romance. This is a great one. Enjoy.
Author J.L. Langley is to be commended for attempting to blend several disparate elements--the Regency period set in the distant reaches of space, historical science-fiction, spy versus spy, male/male romance and no-holds-barred erotica--into one rip-roaring novel of adventure and unlikely love. It's a brilliant concept. Both Englor and Regelence were deftly woven and richly imagined. The author skillfully blended the vagaries of Regelence culture into the narrative and into the character's dialogue. On Regelence, men marrying other men for the same reasons they did in Regency England was quite plausible, and the sons of the ton were expected to stay chaste until marriage. One of the most important elements of well-written science-fiction/fantasy is the ability to make the improbable--probable. Regelence was a male-dominated world where females aren't even needed for procreation.

So why only THREE stars?

Two reasons: It's NOT a Sci-Fi Regency. It's a alternate universe historical with Regency elements. It's not enough to pepper a book with a few sundry details like titles and clothing, the language is vitally important and I think some authors tend to forget that. Reading 'My Fair Captain' was like trying to imagine a hot and sweaty Colin Firth a la Pride and Prejudice, but getting Johnny Rotten instead. Yes, I am particular in this, but I wanted a sexed-up version of Jane Austen, language, warts, and all. It can--and HAS--been done. Linda Berdoll's 'Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife' and Ann Herendeen's 'Phyllida and the Brotherhood of Philander' both do justice to the erotic Regency. Even Dara Joy's futuristic 'Ritual of Proof' was amazingly true to the genre.

The author's reliance on bad gay male stereotypes was the other reason. This wasn't a bodice-ripper, but a cravat-ripper.

Considering the time spent on their backstory, the heroes of 'My Fair Captain' should have been so much more. As it were, both just left me wondering why some gay romance writers feel this need to make at least one of the characters as stereotypically feminine as possible. The naïve innocent and the worldly experienced character have been done and are still beloved archetypes, Frankly, I think it's pretty boring even in straight romance.

As the uber-alpha "daddy", Captain Nathaniel Hawkins scowled a lot and liked dropping the f-bomb quite often. Yes he was strong, silent, and a perfectly-formed specimen of a man with ripped abs and a prodigious piece of equipment packed inside of his trousers. It was like he spent a great deal of the novel in a state of perpetual arousal when not rescuing his starry-eyed paramour. As expected, Nathaniel was sexually experienced and obviously the top man in any relationship, but he seemed so one-dimensional, and I had a hard time seeing him as a man who could fall in love, rather than just be in lust.

Prince Aiden, the King of Regelence's handsome son falls for him--literally--right out of a tree. Aiden doesn't want to have anything to do with politics--his soul belongs to the arts, namely sketching. Again, not a bad thing had there been a core streak of rebelliousness in him. Unfortunately Aiden was male only in anatomy. He was like a typically annoying Barbara Cartland-esque heroine--he swooned and tended to get himself into all sorts of trouble that obviously required he-man Nate to rescue him. I'm not saying that a male hero can't be sensitive and artistic--a lover and not necessarily a fighter--and a balanced foil for the more rugged hero. For example, Alec from Ellen Kushner's 'Swordspoint' was described as being tall, thin, ascetic and far better at picking fights than actually fighting them. However, he was also armed with a razor-sharp tongue that did as much damage to an adversary as Richard St. Vier, his lover, did with a rapier.

On Regelence Aiden lived a very sheltered existence, much like standard Regency heroines, but he really was a male character who's essentially female. I want male/male erotica to feature MEN who may be different in temperament, but equal in the relationship--even if that relationship is Dom/sub, such as this one turns out to be. Because of how distracting the stereotypes were, I really couldn't enjoy the erotic scenes in all their high-definition detail. The one scene where Nate emerges from the shower naked while Aiden hides watching him and getting all tingly at the sight of all that man-flesh kept reminding me in a strange way of Little Red Riding Hood. I was waiting for Aiden to say something like, "But Nathaniel, what a long leg you have."

The uncomfortable realization is that some authors really shouldn't be writing gay male romances if all they are going to do is emasculate the male characters. If I wanted to read about a weak and whining protagonist who always seems to need the "me caveman" hero to rescue them, I'd stick with straight romances (and frankly I've always hated those types of books).

Thankfully a few authors out there DO get it right--Ellen Kushner, Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear for starters. They feed my addiction for well-written and hot fantasy featuring strong male characters who love passionately and equally.

Dash it, back to the drawing room!

Talk about a compromising situation! A storm of political intrigue, murderous mayhem and sexual hungers is brewing on planet Regelence. Swarthy Intergalactic Navy Captain Nathaniel Hawkins ran from a past he had no intention of ever reliving. But when his Admiral asks him to use his peerage, as an earl and the heir to a dukedom, to investigate a missing weapons stash, hes forced to do just that. As if being undercover on a Regency planet where the young men are supposed to remain pure until marriage isnt bad enough, Nate finds himself attracted to the kings unmarried son. All Prince Aiden Townsend has ever wanted was to be an artist. He has no interest in a marriage of political fortune or becoming a societal paragon. Until he lands in the arms of the mysterious Earl of Deverell. One look at Nates handsome face has Aiden reconsidering his future. Not only does Nate make a virile subject for Aidens art, but the great war hero awakens feelings in Aiden he has never felt, feelings he cant ignore. After a momentous dance at a season ball, Aiden and Nate find themselves exchanging important information and working closely together. They have to fight their growing attraction long enough to find out who stole the weapons and keep themselves from a compromising situation and certain scandal. Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex, graphic language, violence, hot nekkid man-love.
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I loved this book. It talked gay marriage from every angle without being preachy. It was done with Dan Savage's usual humor. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Dan Savage has done it once again! Savage has a way of writing just as you would think he would talk.... with a lot of puns and funny humor. I found myself unable to put this book down and it was easy reading but made me stop to think every few chapters. I would definitely recommend this book!
Given my fixation on gay marriage as of late, and my increasing respect and admiration of Dan Savage, when I found out he wrote a book on the topic, how could I not pick it up? Largely a memoir about Savage and his boyfriend's debate over whether to marry, The Commitment maintains Savage's usual level of sharp wit and keen insight, resulting in a book that not only greatly entertains but also provides a lot to think about and even some quietly moving moments. For sheer hilarity, nothing may beat the disastrous diaper rash story, but what really makes The Commitment such an effective read is the story of Savage's family and their differing takes on the idea of gay marriage, all leading up to a powerful story about Savage's young adopted son. It's a wonderful read, one that reminds us that the most important aspect of gay marriage isn't politics, or gender, or sexuality, or children - it's the human desire for love and affection, a public declaration of one person's love for another. An outstanding book, not only for its richly entertaining world, but also for its all-too-important message. Highly recommended.
Savage, Dan. "The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage and My Family", Plume, 2006.

A Look at Gay Marriage

Amos Lassen

Dan Savage gives us a different look at the issue of gay marriage--one that is both realistic and humorous. When Savage and his partner were getting ready to celebrate ten years together, his mother put pressure on them to get married. Savage explained that were things to consider before tying the knot. One was that Terry, his partner, really cared more for tattoos as a symbol of marriage over marriage itself. Another was that marriage offered no legal protection and thirdly their son let them know that only men and women get married. What really bothered Savage though was that marriage might put a jinx on their relationship.
The two men had a lot to think about. Savage is, by his own description, a pragmatic person and radically so. He begins by looking at his friends who are married, at his own family and at history and evaluates and reevaluates marriage. What he finds turns out to be a look at a microcosm of America and you can't help but laugh. What he also discovers and relays to us is that family means everything.
As Savage does serious introspection he finds that even though he is in favor of gay marriage, he is not so sure that it is the right thing for him. He combines humor, facts and heart as he writes about gay marriage and he does not moralize nor tell anyone what they should do. He simply reflects on his thoughts. He puts a real face on gay people and gives us a book that shows us why gay people deserve equal rights that are protected by law. He writes of his family and he tells them what they need to know about gay marriage. He gives facts and explains how the present policies in America hurt everyone and not just gay people. What he wants us to do is to understand how everyone is involved in the issue
A tender moment is when Savage explains the situation to his son and shows that if we involve children in our decisions (either pro or con), they get a better understanding and see how anti-marriage discrimination affects them as well. He takes on the illogical positions of those that are anti gay marriage and shows how their concepts of family values are warped by fundamental Christianity. He writes about the nature of love and why we want the dignity of being able to commit and the importance of being able to defend our values.
Savage really cares about gay rights and at the same time he can poke fun of himself. He also shows that we have a great deal more support within the heterosexual world than we realize.

It's very light reading, but entertaining. Dan Savage uses a conversational tone and gives just the right amount of information to make the reader feel as though they are sharing his experiences. He handles touchy issues without getting preachy or too serious, allowing us to look into his world without being dragged down by the negative emotions associated with everyday drama.
In a time when much of the country sees red whenever the subject of gay marriage comes up, Dan Savage—outspoken author of the column "Savage Love"— makes it personal.

Dan Savage’s mother wants him to get married. His boyfriend, Terry, says "no thanks" because he doesn’t want to act like a straight person. Their six-year-old son DJ says his two dads aren’t "allowed" to get married, but that he’d like to come to the reception and eat cake. Throw into the mix Dan’s straight siblings, whose varied choices form a microcosm of how Americans are approaching marriage these days, and you get a rollicking family memoir that will have everyone—gay or straight, right or left, single or married—howling with laughter and rethinking their notions of marriage and all it entails.
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(Penis Book review)

(Dumb old bag!)

(What Great Fun!)

(Lovely Penises)

(Is bigger better?)

Another fantastic Taschen book! This is the best yet! LARGE and beautiful...a real conversation starter on my coffee table! Super affordable and extremely colorful!
I thought you were a 75 year old woman, checking up on your son! And you know of Eminem? Yeah right.
Something wrong with you "Lady" with the gay son.
MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS; "75 year old lady" GET A LIFE!!
Or are you some kind of Perv.?

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Oh dear. I am a 70 year old woman and I just happened across this big penis book in my son's room. My son is 45 years old and still single. I think he might be gay. That said, his big penis book is now in my room under my bed. So now my 45 year old single son is probably gay and angry. Well, he should get a job anyway or at least go find some real penis and stop reading about them in books like this. Good Lord this is a big penis book. And I love a big penis. And so does my son, apparently. I give this book ten thumbs up. I can't believe I never knew he was gay. He should get a job. Maybe as a dancer. Anyway, if you like a big penis, you will like this big penis book. Lord there are big penis's in this book. I mean big. Oh dear.
Gay or straight, everyone's interested in the extreme! The book is a lot of fun; perfect coffee table book for a party!
I bought this book for a female friend, and I loved it so much that I bought one for myself. At first, this book was a joke gift, until I opened it. It was truly artistic. Women know that size does not matter; however, a big penis is fascinating. The photographs were beautiful!!!
"The Big Penis Book" is a coffee table book about men's #1 tool. This book is aimed mainly at straight women and gay men. There are plenty of hunky,nude men--but it ends up falling flaccid. The male member of the male members ends up looking grotesque, like an anteater's snout. It ends up being a probiscus. Like any pr0n, it's supposed to be about a temporary rush, a brief high of getting turned on. That's the downer.

While I like the sight of a shirtless man, I don't see baring all as necessary (granted,there are masterpieces like Michaelangelo's David or Giambologna's Mercury) In a sex-saturated culture, it goes over-the-top. Do we need to see everything? Not necessarily.
When it comes to pleasure, size doesn't matter; as we all know it s quality, not quantity, that counts. But let's admit it: a big penis is undeniably compelling. Big shoulders, big lapels, and big hair may come and go, but the big penis never goes out of fashion. With those possessing more than 8 inches (20 cm) making up less than 2% of the world's population, this rare accessory will always fascinate.

In The Big Penis Book we explore the centuries-old fascination with the large phallus, a fascination common to men and women alike. This hefty book is profusely illustrated with over 400 historic photos of spectacular male endowments, including rare photos of the legendary John Holmes. The majority of the photographs are from the 1970s, when the sexual revolution first freed photographers to depict the male entirely nude. Photographers include Bob Mizer of Athletic Model Guild, David Hurles of Old Reliable, Colt, Falcon, Sierra Domino, Third World, and Champion Studios, with each of these iconic photographers interviewed or profiled, along with information about each of their models. And if this isn t enough, the book closes with a special surprise comparable to the Guinness Book of Records Norma Stitz featured in The Big Book of Breasts! Can you guess what body part Dian is dissecting next?
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< In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development > < The Life Span: Human Development for Helping Professionals (2nd Edition) > < Women's Ways Of Knowing: The Development Of Self, Voice, And Mind 10th Anniversary Edition > < Toward a New Psychology of Women > < Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association > < Career Paths in Psychology: Where Your Degree Can Take You > Carol Gilligan

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(Not a Different Voice for women at all....)

(Did not enjoy the read)

(A rigor-less lens with which to view women.)

("I get it")

(Interesting Idea -- but no proof !!!)

I was very disappointed in this book. I picked it out as part of a project for school among 5 book choices. I wish I had chosen White Teacher instead of this book. The author is a feminist and she has a forward that praises Roe vs. Wade. I thought--this doesn't even sound like the book I purchased when I read the forward. I went on to read the main parts of the book (with various chapters). The first chapter was interesting--talking about how child psychologists only use male children as subjects and not really female on child development. OK, I can see that this could be a problem later on as an adult. However, the author had a chapter about "moral development" and she defined morals as NO absolutes. I don't believe this at all. There HAS to be MORAL ABSOLUTES--in fact everyone has the 10 commandments written in their hearts. The author is denying this and denying the need for moral absolutes. So, her "abortion study" is so false and fake by using people who have NO MORALS as subjects that it is very bias and no wonder the results were in favor of abortion. If she wants to do a TRUE ABORTION STUDY--she needs to find people with some MORALS and redo her study. She will find that MOST women who have had an abortion go through REGRET and LOSS that is indescribable. I don't even know what they go through. I don't believe in abortion and I won't even consider it. I can only imagine if someone had a miscarriage that it would be similar but not the same. Anyway, I don't recommend this book for the truth about woman's development.
Did not enjoy reading this book as I thought I would. Could not even finish reading the book. I think the style of writing did not suit me. Would recommend instead "Toward a new psychology for women" by Jean Baker Miller- more concise and to the point. Perhaps my expectations were too high after reading the latter book.
Gilligan's book launched a cottage industry of teacher in-service seminars on the disadvantages (and the corresponding advantages provided to men) that American women experience in our educational system. Unfortunately, her study lacked any rigor that is associated with sound research. While the study provides face validity (conclusions that seem to make sense), there is no predictive value to the study and its conclusions. Further, Gilligan has changed her story from this being a quantitative study, to it really being a qualitative study, to, eventually, it being an anecdotal study. There may be large differences in the way our schools treat women. They may even be placed in a disadvantaged position, but there is no valid evidence presented here.
Gilligan has been unwilling to open her research up to the academic community, a violation of accepted academic practice. Therefore, this study is less of a proof than it is a lens by which to view, a priori, a feminist perspective on the disadvantages provided to American women. As such, it would be useful to feminist theory, but not to science and reason. It did provide a useful tool to get Kohlberg to reformulate his research to be more inclusive, so that was useful.
Hoff-Summers wrote a critique of Gilligan called The War Against Boys. Hoff-Summers' interest was first piqued by being a feminist with a son in public schools, and her experience of the way she saw girls being favored in classrooms at the expense of the boys. It is an interesting read, and while it may not draw all the correct conclusions, it does shine a fairly bright light on the weakness of Gilligan's methodology.
I actually am still reading this book because I am taking my time digesting it all. It's really giving me insight on how women's thoughts and opinions have been influenced from birth. It's helping me validate my own feelings and opinions.
The data upon which this author's bold thesis is based has never been made available for public review, peer review, or any other kind of review.
Perhaps she just made it all up ?
Carol Gilligan believes that psychology has persistently and systematically misunderstood women. Repeatedly, developmental theories have been built on observations of men's lives. Here, Gilligan attempts to correct psychology's misperceptions and refocus its view of female personality. The result reshapes our understanding of human experience.
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< In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development > < The Life Span: Human Development for Helping Professionals (2nd Edition) > < Women's Ways Of Knowing: The Development Of Self, Voice, And Mind 10th Anniversary Edition > < Toward a New Psychology of Women > < Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association > freaks

< Women's Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary Readings > < Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics > < The Penguin Atlas of Women in the World: Fourth Edition > < The Penguin Atlas of Women in the World: Completely Revised and Updated > < Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters > < Listen Up: Voices from the Next Feminist Generation, New Expanded Edition > Susan Shaw,Janet Lee

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(Women's Voices, Feminist Visions)

(One thing...)

(Good women's studies book)

(Disturbing)

(Great Introduction)

I got the product very quickly. It was also in the condition the seller said it would be. Would do business with seller again.
On your description it said that the cover was bent a little bit but the pages were clean and crisp, however in the first chapter there was a lot of nice bright pink highlighting...next time please acknowledge that because I definitely did not get what I thought I bought. Thanks.
I purchased this book for my women's studies class. The content of the book was excellent and the essays included, written by prominent people in the women's studied and the women's movement, helped reinforce the message of the chapters. A good book for anyone interested in learning the TRUTH about feminism and exposing the stereotypes.
I purchased this book for a required Women's Studies course. First, the text is poorly written. It is difficult to follow, redundant, and fails to define a number of key terms and concepts. Concerning the actual content, I find it intellectually insulting. As with the subject of Women's Studies as a whole, the propositions set forth in this book are not testable empirical observations. The authors prattle on about how certain peoples and things in our society are either over- or under-valued. Ironically, all of their observations are themselves subjective value judgments. The authors don't present any reasoning behind these judgments, rather, they take for granted that the reader has accepted and internalized certain premises, e.g. capitalism is bad. What that makes this book then, is a vehicle for indoctrinating students with the authors' postmodern socialist beliefs. Again, it is ironic that key readings in the book emphasize the point that women should not passively receive their education, but question what they are taught. I can't believe I've been asked to read such a blatantly biased book at a public university.
I bought and read this book for my Intro. to Women's Studies course when I was an undergrad. Although my version is older, it appears very little has changed in the book (I bet at least 2 editions were published after mine).

I liked the book because of its dual layout, history and summary then essays and articles. I felt the articles were of such a range that every one could identify with at least one article in the book. I mean nothing is more tolerant and open-minded than witchcraft being included in a section about religion!

It gives you knowledge and some guidance, but you must consume it as an individual. You must take it past learning to activism. And if you are not ready for that yet, take some of those names (names of women that formed, or are forming feminism) and read deeper into their work.
Women’s Voicesis an introductory women's studies reader crafted to include a balance of recent contemporary readings with historical and classic pieces. This student-friendly text provides short, accessible readings reflecting the diversity of women’s experiences. Chapter introductions provide background information on each chapter's topic, including explanations of key concepts and ideas and references to the subsequent reading selections. This new edition includes revised chapter framework essays that reflect the most up-to-date researchand theory in the field.
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< Women's Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary Readings > < Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics > < The Penguin Atlas of Women in the World: Fourth Edition > < The Penguin Atlas of Women in the World: Completely Revised and Updated > < Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters > freaks

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Six erotic tales that will get your heart racing from page one.

My Bi-sexual Wife: its everyman dream is to date a bi-sexual woman. But very few get to marry one.

Her Secret Closet: A woman learns a deep secret about her best friends S&M adventures. She soon learns an even deeper secret about her friend’s desire for her.

Nice and Cozy: A man finds out about his bride to be submissive side. His shy bride to be has a need to submit, to her man. Is he up to the challenge?

My Daughter’s and My, Sex Education: A daughter comes to her mother upset that her husband wants to try new things in bed. This prudish mom confronts her son-in-law. The son-in-law challenges her to a bet. If she wins he will back off. No matter how this ends up, the son-in-law is sure to win.

My Brother’s Girlfriend: A young girl spies on her brother and girlfriend and gets a crash course in sex education and the joys on incest she is not soon to forget.

And more ...
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< Erotic Bedtime Stories > < Erotic Bedtime Stories 2: Unexpected Encounters > < Kiss of Midnight: A Midnight Breed Novel > < Assassin's Apprentice > freaks

< And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic > < And the Band Played On > < The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk > < Deadly Feasts: The "Prion" Controversy and the Public's Health > < Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World > < The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance > Randy Shilts

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(history of our times)

(And the Band Played on by Randy shilts)

(Review: And The Band Played On...)

(and the band played on)

(The early, sad, avoidable history of AIDS)

This was a book that had to be written. It also had to be written by Randy Shilts. It's a fantastic book and a history come alive for those who don't remember the dark days of the beginning of AIDS. I was led to this book a second time after reading The Mayor of Castro Street - the inspiration of the movie Milk.
The first time I read And The Band Played On was when it was first published. I read it to get a better idea of what had happened, what were the facts of the onset of the plague and how was the community really affected.
This time I was able to read it with more distance and it was a brilliant history and evoked a time long gone.
It was a perfect follow on from The Mayor of Castro Street and the two are a briliant history of the times, complete with the characters that made the community what is was.
For anyone under 40 the book will give a history of something they are totally unfamiliar with. For those over, it will be a rich reminder.
I was a very informable book We have added it to our school library for students to read.
This product shipped rather quickly and when it arrived, it was in exactly the shape that I had thought it would be. Good purchase for the wonderful price.
excellent true story on how the AIDS epidemic was first found and how our own government knew and didn't care. Sad for all of those who didn't have to die. This is just another one of those times when people are supposed to unite and help one another but instead, turn the other way.
I've been re-reading some of my favourite old friends and this book jumped into my hand not long ago. I remember reading it when it was first published and being impressed with Randy Shilts' clean narrative style and the quality of his storytelling. So many years after AIDS has become a matter of fact in world life, I wondered if the book would still have an impact. And it does. But instead of the gut-punch of that early reading, there remains a simmering anger at all of the ignorance that attended the early dissemination of AIDS and its subsequent discovery. And Shilts didn't let anyone escape unscathed. He lowered his guns and took on the gay community, the Reagan health officials, the Red Cross, the Centers for Disease Control, and even some of the victims themselves.

With the eradication of smallpox and a ubiquitous vaccination protocol, the world health community was feeling pretty good about its ability to handle widespread health issues and it was generally felt that the world had seen its last pandemic. Perhaps nothing could have prepared them for the onset of AIDS, but there were fatal mistakes made at nearly every turn in the early handling of AIDS. As a social issue, what was earlier called "gay cancer", might have been fought more fiercely if it had been understood to be a health issue for the world at large instead of just the gay community. And, so very sadly, the actions of Patient Zero (Gaetan Dugas, a French-Canadian flight attendant), helped to start the wildfire that became the pandemic. He was so furious at having been infected that he set out to spread the disease as far and wide as he could in revenge.

Perhaps nothing could have actually stopped the wildfire, but there were so many preventable mistakes, and Shilts parceled out the blame with excellent research and reason. But more than that, we got to know real people who fought the disease, as victims and researchers, and, as the book progressed, AIDS began to have a face.

We seem to have settled into a certain comfort level with AIDS now, even though it is thought to have killed approximately 2 million people as recently as 2007, 300,00 of them children. And, sadly, Randy Shilts died of AIDS in 1994. It would have been interesting to see what he did with a sequel.
By the time Rock Hudson's death in 1985 alerted all America to the danger of the AIDS epidemic, the disease had spread across the nation, killing thousands of people and emerging as the greatest health crisis of the 20th century. America faced a troubling question: What happened? How was this epidemic allowed to spread so far before it was taken seriously? In answering these questions, Shilts weaves weaves the disparate threads into a coherent story, pinning down every evasion and contradiction at the highest levels of the medical, political, and media establishments.

Shilts shows that the epidemic spread wildly because the federal government put budget ahead of the nation's welfare; health authorities placed political expediency before the public health; and scientists were often more concerned with international prestige than saving lives. Against this backdrop, Shilts tells the heroic stories of individuals in science and politics, public health and the gay community, who struggled to alert the nation to the enormity of the danger it faced.And the Band Played Onis both a tribute to these heroic people and a stinging indictment of the institutions that failed the nation so badly.

In the first major book on AIDS, San Francisco Chronicle reporter Randy Shilts examines the making of an epidemic. Shilts researched and reported the book exhaustively, chronicling almost day-by-day the first five years of AIDS. His work is critical of the medical and scientific communities' initial response and particularly harsh on the Reagan Administration, who he claims cut funding, ignored calls for action and deliberately misled Congress. Shilts doesn't stop there, wondering why more people in the gay community, the mass media and the country at large didn't stand up in anger more quickly. The AIDS pandemic is one of the most striking developments of the late 20th century and this is the definitive story of its beginnings.
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< And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic > < And the Band Played On > < The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk > < Deadly Feasts: The "Prion" Controversy and the Public's Health > < Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World > freaks

< The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals > < True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism--For Families, Friends, Coworkers, and Helping Professionals > < Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working With Gender-Variant People and Their Families > < Transparent: Love, Family, and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers > < Transgender History (Seal Studies) > < Mom I Need to be a Girl > Stephanie A. Brill,Rachel Pepper

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(Highly Recommended)

(Amazing, Outstanding, Brilliant)

(Like the title says)

(Finally! Compassion, hope and resources for parents of gender diverse children.)

(excellent book!!)

I found this book an excellent introduction to a complicated subject. I think it is an excellent resource for parents of transgender children but also for professionals who may not be very familiar with the topic.
This book is exceptional. I am a 27 year old, typically gendered female. I do not know any transgendered people nor do I know anyone who is related to any transgendered people. I purchased this book to understand something that I know very little about.

This book is very easy to read and doesn't faff around. It covers a lot of different issues and the quotes from the families and children are beautiful and inciteful.

I think everyone should read this book and this should definitely be given to everyone studying psychology and medicine out there in the world.
If you are a parent of a TG child or you are dealing with a TG child this is a very good book that covers a lot of useful information. The biggest single peace of advice is "Communication". At each stage of the transition or at the time of transition communication has to be exercised. The book does not recommend to advertise the fact about a child who is transitioning, it is learning to communicate effectively with those who need to know and to let the child have a say in who knows. Another point is respect, showing the child respect and what adults preach about respect is true. Another book I cried with, got angry about what some people think is best, and I cheered for those who could be themselves. The book does cover the many of the different sections of the TG spectrum and gives suggestions on how to handle them; with each area of suggestions it is recommend to utilize a therapist which has a good understanding of TG issues.
After having had the psychiatric community tell them that reparative therapy was what their children needed, and after that therapy failed and made their children even more miserable in the process, parents of transgender and gender non-conforming children finally have hope. The Handbook is a compassionate resource that includes tips for on how to deal with the social, psychological, educational, medical and legal consequences of accepting a child as transgender or gender non-conforming. The book includes a foreword by leading expert in the United States on the care of transgender youth, Dr. Norman Spack of the Gender Management Service clinic of Children's Hospital Boston.
This book is exactly what I was looking for and have needed to educate myself as well as refer to along the journey of raising a gender variant child. It is written with knowledge and compassion. I am so thankful that this book is available now for parents, friends, teachers and anyone who has a disire to understand these unique and wonderful children.

This comprehensive first of its kind guidebook explores the unique challenges that thousands of families face every day raising their children in every city and state. Through extensive research and interviews, as well as years of experience working in the field, the authors cover gender variance from birth through college. What do you do when your toddler daughter’s first sentence is that she’s a boy? What will happen when your preschool son insists on wearing a dress to school? Is this ever just a phase? How can you explain this to your neighbors and family? How can parents advocate for their children in elementary schools? What are the current laws onthe rights of transgender children? What do doctors specializing in gender variant children recommend? What do the therapists say? What advice do other families who have trans kids have? What about hormone blockers and surgery? What issues should your college-bound trans child be thinking about whenselecting a school? How can I best raise my gender variant or transgender child with love and compassion, even when I barely understand the issues ahead of us? And what is gender, anyway? These questions and more are answered in this book offering a deeper understanding of gender variant and transgender children and teens.

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< The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals > < True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism--For Families, Friends, Coworkers, and Helping Professionals > < Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working With Gender-Variant People and Their Families > < Transparent: Love, Family, and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers > < Transgender History (Seal Studies) > freaks

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