gender identity

A story of strength, compassion and unconditional love?sharing how these parents supported their son?s transition and the lessons learned along the way. Learning their daughter was really their son taught them who they are and who they want to be.

Discusses topics related to gender identity, covering intersex people, coming out, self-acceptance, discrimination, and transitioning from one gender to another.

A guide for parents, with tips and strategies for connecting with daughters and tackling problems they may have with sexual identity issues; becoming disconnected from themselves due to hyper-connection via technology such as texting and Facebook; obsessions such as self-harm and eating disorders; and the impact of environmental toxins that can alter normal developmental processes.

Eye surgeon and tennis player Ren?e Richards tells her life story with a focus on the three decades since her sex-change, covering such topics as her first years as a woman, her relationship with her son, her years as Martina Navratilova's coach, her love life, and her return to her medical career after tennis.

Jennifer Boylan discusses how she spent the first forty years of life knowing she was a woman trapped in a man's body and explores how her physical, emotional, and spiritual life was changed after a sex-change operation.

Tells the story of David Reimer, a child born as a boy, but who, because of an accident during circumcision, was surgically altered to live as a girl; discusses his decision as a teenager to reclaim his life as a male; and considers the thinking of the medical community concerning sex reassignment.