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Manning up : transsexual men on finding brotherhood, family and themselves

Call Number

  • 306.768 M2846 (CEN)

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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.