transsexuals

"In this Young Adult memoir, a transgender girl shares her personal journey of growing up as a boy and then undergoing gender reassignment during her teens"--.

"Trans-Kin is a collection of stories from significant others, family members, friends, and allies of transgender persons (SOFFAs). This 400+ page guide includes 50 personal stories plus a comprehensive glossary, list of frequently asked questions and resources including books, videos and organizations - all of which promote awareness, insight and understanding of the transgender community"--From book website.

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.

J, who feels that he is a boy who was mistakenly born a girl, hides who he is from his family and the world, but after he loses his best friend, J decides to stop hiding, whatever the cost.

Grady, a transgendered high school student, yearns for acceptance by his classmates and family as he struggles to adjust to his new identity as a male.

Fifteen-year-old Regan's life, which has always revolved around keeping her older brother Liam's transsexuality a secret, changes when Liam decides to start the process of "transitioning" by first telling his family and friends that he is a girl who was born in a boy's body.