Manning up : transsexual men on finding brotherhood, family and themselves
Publication Information
Oakland, CA : Transgress Press, 2014.
Physical Description
iv, 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Summary
Twenty-seven men who transitioned from female to male discuss their roles as male community members: fathers, sons, brothers, husbands, boyfriends, friends, and mentors.
Contents
- Foreword / Jamison Green
- Introduction / Zander Keig and Mitch Kellaway
- I. Manning up: Manning up / C. Michael Woodward
- Always moving forward / Shaun LaDue
- Masculine vulnerabilities, human connections / Loren Cannon
- The stone in my shoe / Exekiel Reis Burgin
- Dimension Z / Rayees Shah
- Transboyhood / C.T. Whitley
- The performance / Daniel Vena
- II. Family man: Family man / Aaron H. Devor
- Sculptor / Willy Wilkinson
- Becoming ABA / Nathan Ezekiel
- Patrick, Pat and Mel / Chad Ratner
- Big shoes to fill / Gus
- Standing on the precipice / Emmett Troxel
- III. Men like me: Men like me / A. Scott Duane
- Not a caricature of male privilege / Trystan Theosophus Cotten
- A stranger handed me a business card / Gavin Wyer
- The glow / Mitch Kellaway
- Fearfully and wonderfully made / H. Adam Ackley
- Hiding behind humor / Dustin Ashizz
- Without Lou, who would I be? / Brice D. Smith
- IV. New territory: New territory / Jack Sito
- Crossing the line / James C.K.
- Privilege: I seem to have it, now what? / Lore M. Dickey
- Transman on the quest for happiness / Ryan K. Sallans
- Why I'm not transgender / Max Wolf Valerio
- Did I ask for this? / Lance Cox
- Just living / Micah
- Afterword / Daisy Hernández
- From the cover: BJ & the Visible Bodies project.