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At the time the passage above was written, people who felt trapped in the wrong gender automatically became case-studies. Today they become the men and women they always felt they were. Transsexuals test our notions of what it is to be male or female and, more provocatively, what it means to be one self as opposed to another. “Their stories,” says Jonathan Ames, “hold the appeal of an adventurer’s tale.”

In Sexual Metamorphosis, Ames presents the personal narratives of seventeen gender pioneers. Here is Christine Jorgensen, the first celebrity transsexual, greeting thousands of well-wishers from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Here is Caroline Cossey, former model and Bond (as in James) girl, being outed in the tabloid press. Here is novelist and English professor Jennifer Finney Boylan discussing her impending transformation with her heartbroken spouse and supportive yet confused colleagues. The result is a fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection and courage.]]> 253849 1 245994 12 4 2005 Sexual Metamorphosis: An Anthology of Transsexual Memoirs total:38|5:6|4:18|3:6|2:8|1:0| 38 136 80 4 2285 3.78 2775 442 56082601 1635782 253849 1400030145 9781400030149 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173164917m/253849.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253849.Sexual_Metamorphosis_An_Anthology_of_Transsexual_Memoirs 3.58 38 But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
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In Sexual Metamorphosis, Ames presents the personal narratives of seventeen gender pioneers. Here is Christine Jorgensen, the first celebrity transsexual, greeting thousands of well-wishers from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Here is Caroline Cossey, former model and Bond (as in James) girl, being outed in the tabloid press. Here is novelist and English professor Jennifer Finney Boylan discussing her impending transformation with her heartbroken spouse and supportive yet confused colleagues. The result is a fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection and courage.]]> 2 0 false Thu May 14 12:43:10 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 01:55:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5034771 255480 253849 1400030145 9781400030149 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173164917m/253849.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253849.Sexual_Metamorphosis_An_Anthology_of_Transsexual_Memoirs 3.58 38 But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
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In Sexual Metamorphosis, Ames presents the personal narratives of seventeen gender pioneers. Here is Christine Jorgensen, the first celebrity transsexual, greeting thousands of well-wishers from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Here is Caroline Cossey, former model and Bond (as in James) girl, being outed in the tabloid press. Here is novelist and English professor Jennifer Finney Boylan discussing her impending transformation with her heartbroken spouse and supportive yet confused colleagues. The result is a fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection and courage.]]> 3 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 18:18:07 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 06:49:37 -0800 2009
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In Sexual Metamorphosis, Ames presents the personal narratives of seventeen gender pioneers. Here is Christine Jorgensen, the first celebrity transsexual, greeting thousands of well-wishers from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Here is Caroline Cossey, former model and Bond (as in James) girl, being outed in the tabloid press. Here is novelist and English professor Jennifer Finney Boylan discussing her impending transformation with her heartbroken spouse and supportive yet confused colleagues. The result is a fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection and courage.]]> 5 0 false Fri Nov 14 07:04:20 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 07:04:47 -0800 2008 ]]> 11291787 726893 253849 1400030145 9781400030149 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173164917m/253849.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253849.Sexual_Metamorphosis_An_Anthology_of_Transsexual_Memoirs 3.58 38 But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
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In Sexual Metamorphosis, Ames presents the personal narratives of seventeen gender pioneers. Here is Christine Jorgensen, the first celebrity transsexual, greeting thousands of well-wishers from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Here is Caroline Cossey, former model and Bond (as in James) girl, being outed in the tabloid press. Here is novelist and English professor Jennifer Finney Boylan discussing her impending transformation with her heartbroken spouse and supportive yet confused colleagues. The result is a fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection and courage.]]> 3 0 false Sun Dec 30 13:59:04 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 14:00:20 -0800 2007 80646298 761716 253849 1400030145 9781400030149 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173164917m/253849.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253849.Sexual_Metamorphosis_An_Anthology_of_Transsexual_Memoirs 3.58 38 But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
At the time the passage above was written, people who felt trapped in the wrong gender automatically became case-studies. Today they become the men and women they always felt they were. Transsexuals test our notions of what it is to be male or female and, more provocatively, what it means to be one self as opposed to another. “Their stories,” says Jonathan Ames, “hold the appeal of an adventurer’s tale.”

In Sexual Metamorphosis, Ames presents the personal narratives of seventeen gender pioneers. Here is Christine Jorgensen, the first celebrity transsexual, greeting thousands of well-wishers from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Here is Caroline Cossey, former model and Bond (as in James) girl, being outed in the tabloid press. Here is novelist and English professor Jennifer Finney Boylan discussing her impending transformation with her heartbroken spouse and supportive yet confused colleagues. The result is a fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection and courage.]]> 0 0 false Fri Dec 11 06:54:38 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 11 06:54:38 -0800 2009 80006381 990093 253849 1400030145 9781400030149 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173164917m/253849.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253849.Sexual_Metamorphosis_An_Anthology_of_Transsexual_Memoirs 3.58 38 But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
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In Sexual Metamorphosis, Ames presents the personal narratives of seventeen gender pioneers. Here is Christine Jorgensen, the first celebrity transsexual, greeting thousands of well-wishers from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Here is Caroline Cossey, former model and Bond (as in James) girl, being outed in the tabloid press. Here is novelist and English professor Jennifer Finney Boylan discussing her impending transformation with her heartbroken spouse and supportive yet confused colleagues. The result is a fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection and courage.]]> 0 0 false Sat Dec 05 15:37:19 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 05 15:37:19 -0800 2009 79783358 198612 253849 1400030145 9781400030149 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173164917m/253849.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253849.Sexual_Metamorphosis_An_Anthology_of_Transsexual_Memoirs 3.58 38 But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
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In Sexual Metamorphosis, Ames presents the personal narratives of seventeen gender pioneers. Here is Christine Jorgensen, the first celebrity transsexual, greeting thousands of well-wishers from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Here is Caroline Cossey, former model and Bond (as in James) girl, being outed in the tabloid press. Here is novelist and English professor Jennifer Finney Boylan discussing her impending transformation with her heartbroken spouse and supportive yet confused colleagues. The result is a fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection and courage.]]> 0 0 false Thu Dec 03 12:47:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 12:47:00 -0800 2009 79540242 2909678 253849 1400030145 9781400030149 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173164917m/253849.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253849.Sexual_Metamorphosis_An_Anthology_of_Transsexual_Memoirs 3.58 38 But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
At the time the passage above was written, people who felt trapped in the wrong gender automatically became case-studies. Today they become the men and women they always felt they were. Transsexuals test our notions of what it is to be male or female and, more provocatively, what it means to be one self as opposed to another. “Their stories,” says Jonathan Ames, “hold the appeal of an adventurer’s tale.”

In Sexual Metamorphosis, Ames presents the personal narratives of seventeen gender pioneers. Here is Christine Jorgensen, the first celebrity transsexual, greeting thousands of well-wishers from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Here is Caroline Cossey, former model and Bond (as in James) girl, being outed in the tabloid press. Here is novelist and English professor Jennifer Finney Boylan discussing her impending transformation with her heartbroken spouse and supportive yet confused colleagues. The result is a fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection and courage.]]> 5 0 false Tue Dec 01 11:27:19 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 11:27:19 -0800 2009 79272939 1809998 253849 1400030145 9781400030149 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173164917m/253849.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253849.Sexual_Metamorphosis_An_Anthology_of_Transsexual_Memoirs 3.58 38 But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
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In Sexual Metamorphosis, Ames presents the personal narratives of seventeen gender pioneers. Here is Christine Jorgensen, the first celebrity transsexual, greeting thousands of well-wishers from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Here is Caroline Cossey, former model and Bond (as in James) girl, being outed in the tabloid press. Here is novelist and English professor Jennifer Finney Boylan discussing her impending transformation with her heartbroken spouse and supportive yet confused colleagues. The result is a fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection and courage.]]> 0 0 false Sun Nov 29 00:51:17 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 00:51:17 -0800 2009 79256159 2986162 253849 1400030145 9781400030149 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173164917m/253849.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253849.Sexual_Metamorphosis_An_Anthology_of_Transsexual_Memoirs 3.58 38 But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
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In Sexual Metamorphosis, Ames presents the personal narratives of seventeen gender pioneers. Here is Christine Jorgensen, the first celebrity transsexual, greeting thousands of well-wishers from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Here is Caroline Cossey, former model and Bond (as in James) girl, being outed in the tabloid press. Here is novelist and English professor Jennifer Finney Boylan discussing her impending transformation with her heartbroken spouse and supportive yet confused colleagues. The result is a fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection and courage.]]> 0 0 false Sat Nov 28 19:51:22 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 19:51:22 -0800 2009 78142230 2776766 253849 1400030145 9781400030149 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173164917m/253849.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253849.Sexual_Metamorphosis_An_Anthology_of_Transsexual_Memoirs 3.58 38 But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
At the time the passage above was written, people who felt trapped in the wrong gender automatically became case-studies. Today they become the men and women they always felt they were. Transsexuals test our notions of what it is to be male or female and, more provocatively, what it means to be one self as opposed to another. “Their stories,” says Jonathan Ames, “hold the appeal of an adventurer’s tale.”

In Sexual Metamorphosis, Ames presents the personal narratives of seventeen gender pioneers. Here is Christine Jorgensen, the first celebrity transsexual, greeting thousands of well-wishers from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Here is Caroline Cossey, former model and Bond (as in James) girl, being outed in the tabloid press. Here is novelist and English professor Jennifer Finney Boylan discussing her impending transformation with her heartbroken spouse and supportive yet confused colleagues. The result is a fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection and courage.]]> 5 0 false Tue Nov 17 18:06:46 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 18:06:46 -0800 2009 77988079 2788954 253849 1400030145 9781400030149 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173164917m/253849.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253849.Sexual_Metamorphosis_An_Anthology_of_Transsexual_Memoirs 3.58 38 But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
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In Sexual Metamorphosis, Ames presents the personal narratives of seventeen gender pioneers. Here is Christine Jorgensen, the first celebrity transsexual, greeting thousands of well-wishers from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Here is Caroline Cossey, former model and Bond (as in James) girl, being outed in the tabloid press. Here is novelist and English professor Jennifer Finney Boylan discussing her impending transformation with her heartbroken spouse and supportive yet confused colleagues. The result is a fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection and courage.]]> 0 0 false Mon Nov 16 13:01:10 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 13:01:10 -0800 2009 76480269 2483830 253849 1400030145 9781400030149 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173164917m/253849.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253849.Sexual_Metamorphosis_An_Anthology_of_Transsexual_Memoirs 3.58 38 But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
At the time the passage above was written, people who felt trapped in the wrong gender automatically became case-studies. Today they become the men and women they always felt they were. Transsexuals test our notions of what it is to be male or female and, more provocatively, what it means to be one self as opposed to another. “Their stories,” says Jonathan Ames, “hold the appeal of an adventurer’s tale.”

In Sexual Metamorphosis, Ames presents the personal narratives of seventeen gender pioneers. Here is Christine Jorgensen, the first celebrity transsexual, greeting thousands of well-wishers from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Here is Caroline Cossey, former model and Bond (as in James) girl, being outed in the tabloid press. Here is novelist and English professor Jennifer Finney Boylan discussing her impending transformation with her heartbroken spouse and supportive yet confused colleagues. The result is a fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection and courage.]]> 0 0 false Mon Nov 02 09:11:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 08:36:23 -0800 2009 75921220 116532 253849 1400030145 9781400030149 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173164917m/253849.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253849.Sexual_Metamorphosis_An_Anthology_of_Transsexual_Memoirs 3.58 38 But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
At the time the passage above was written, people who felt trapped in the wrong gender automatically became case-studies. Today they become the men and women they always felt they were. Transsexuals test our notions of what it is to be male or female and, more provocatively, what it means to be one self as opposed to another. “Their stories,” says Jonathan Ames, “hold the appeal of an adventurer’s tale.”

In Sexual Metamorphosis, Ames presents the personal narratives of seventeen gender pioneers. Here is Christine Jorgensen, the first celebrity transsexual, greeting thousands of well-wishers from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Here is Caroline Cossey, former model and Bond (as in James) girl, being outed in the tabloid press. Here is novelist and English professor Jennifer Finney Boylan discussing her impending transformation with her heartbroken spouse and supportive yet confused colleagues. The result is a fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection and courage.]]> 0 0 false Tue Oct 27 13:38:02 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 13:38:02 -0700 2009 75301790 2329917 253849 1400030145 9781400030149 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173164917m/253849.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253849.Sexual_Metamorphosis_An_Anthology_of_Transsexual_Memoirs 3.58 38 But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
At the time the passage above was written, people who felt trapped in the wrong gender automatically became case-studies. Today they become the men and women they always felt they were. Transsexuals test our notions of what it is to be male or female and, more provocatively, what it means to be one self as opposed to another. “Their stories,” says Jonathan Ames, “hold the appeal of an adventurer’s tale.”

In Sexual Metamorphosis, Ames presents the personal narratives of seventeen gender pioneers. Here is Christine Jorgensen, the first celebrity transsexual, greeting thousands of well-wishers from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Here is Caroline Cossey, former model and Bond (as in James) girl, being outed in the tabloid press. Here is novelist and English professor Jennifer Finney Boylan discussing her impending transformation with her heartbroken spouse and supportive yet confused colleagues. The result is a fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection and courage.]]> 0 0 false Wed Oct 21 16:42:54 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 16:42:54 -0700 2009 74957390 966363 253849 1400030145 9781400030149 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173164917m/253849.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253849.Sexual_Metamorphosis_An_Anthology_of_Transsexual_Memoirs 3.58 38 But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
At the time the passage above was written, people who felt trapped in the wrong gender automatically became case-studies. Today they become the men and women they always felt they were. Transsexuals test our notions of what it is to be male or female and, more provocatively, what it means to be one self as opposed to another. “Their stories,” says Jonathan Ames, “hold the appeal of an adventurer’s tale.”

In Sexual Metamorphosis, Ames presents the personal narratives of seventeen gender pioneers. Here is Christine Jorgensen, the first celebrity transsexual, greeting thousands of well-wishers from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Here is Caroline Cossey, former model and Bond (as in James) girl, being outed in the tabloid press. Here is novelist and English professor Jennifer Finney Boylan discussing her impending transformation with her heartbroken spouse and supportive yet confused colleagues. The result is a fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection and courage.]]> 0 0 false Sun Oct 18 16:28:12 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 16:28:24 -0700 2009 73911688 1500004 253849 1400030145 9781400030149 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173164917m/253849.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253849.Sexual_Metamorphosis_An_Anthology_of_Transsexual_Memoirs 3.58 38 But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
At the time the passage above was written, people who felt trapped in the wrong gender automatically became case-studies. Today they become the men and women they always felt they were. Transsexuals test our notions of what it is to be male or female and, more provocatively, what it means to be one self as opposed to another. “Their stories,” says Jonathan Ames, “hold the appeal of an adventurer’s tale.”

In Sexual Metamorphosis, Ames presents the personal narratives of seventeen gender pioneers. Here is Christine Jorgensen, the first celebrity transsexual, greeting thousands of well-wishers from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Here is Caroline Cossey, former model and Bond (as in James) girl, being outed in the tabloid press. Here is novelist and English professor Jennifer Finney Boylan discussing her impending transformation with her heartbroken spouse and supportive yet confused colleagues. The result is a fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection and courage.]]> 0 0 false Thu Oct 08 17:12:54 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 17:12:54 -0700 2009 72946641 605374 253849 1400030145 9781400030149 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173164917m/253849.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253849.Sexual_Metamorphosis_An_Anthology_of_Transsexual_Memoirs 3.58 38 But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
At the time the passage above was written, people who felt trapped in the wrong gender automatically became case-studies. Today they become the men and women they always felt they were. Transsexuals test our notions of what it is to be male or female and, more provocatively, what it means to be one self as opposed to another. “Their stories,” says Jonathan Ames, “hold the appeal of an adventurer’s tale.”

In Sexual Metamorphosis, Ames presents the personal narratives of seventeen gender pioneers. Here is Christine Jorgensen, the first celebrity transsexual, greeting thousands of well-wishers from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Here is Caroline Cossey, former model and Bond (as in James) girl, being outed in the tabloid press. Here is novelist and English professor Jennifer Finney Boylan discussing her impending transformation with her heartbroken spouse and supportive yet confused colleagues. The result is a fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection and courage.]]> 0 0 false Tue Sep 29 18:41:33 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 18:41:40 -0700 2009 70913108 1303434 253849 1400030145 9781400030149 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173164917m/253849.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253849.Sexual_Metamorphosis_An_Anthology_of_Transsexual_Memoirs 3.58 38 But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
At the time the passage above was written, people who felt trapped in the wrong gender automatically became case-studies. Today they become the men and women they always felt they were. Transsexuals test our notions of what it is to be male or female and, more provocatively, what it means to be one self as opposed to another. “Their stories,” says Jonathan Ames, “hold the appeal of an adventurer’s tale.”

In Sexual Metamorphosis, Ames presents the personal narratives of seventeen gender pioneers. Here is Christine Jorgensen, the first celebrity transsexual, greeting thousands of well-wishers from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Here is Caroline Cossey, former model and Bond (as in James) girl, being outed in the tabloid press. Here is novelist and English professor Jennifer Finney Boylan discussing her impending transformation with her heartbroken spouse and supportive yet confused colleagues. The result is a fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection and courage.]]> 0 0 false Fri Sep 11 19:40:01 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 19:40:01 -0700 2009 69152801 2657380 253849 1400030145 9781400030149 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173164917m/253849.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253849.Sexual_Metamorphosis_An_Anthology_of_Transsexual_Memoirs 3.58 38 But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
At the time the passage above was written, people who felt trapped in the wrong gender automatically became case-studies. Today they become the men and women they always felt they were. Transsexuals test our notions of what it is to be male or female and, more provocatively, what it means to be one self as opposed to another. “Their stories,” says Jonathan Ames, “hold the appeal of an adventurer’s tale.”

In Sexual Metamorphosis, Ames presents the personal narratives of seventeen gender pioneers. Here is Christine Jorgensen, the first celebrity transsexual, greeting thousands of well-wishers from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Here is Caroline Cossey, former model and Bond (as in James) girl, being outed in the tabloid press. Here is novelist and English professor Jennifer Finney Boylan discussing her impending transformation with her heartbroken spouse and supportive yet confused colleagues. The result is a fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection and courage.]]> 4 0 false Thu Aug 27 18:02:25 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 18:02:25 -0700 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=253849