Self-Disclosure: Being Bigender and My Journey

by Clinton Rusthoven

This is a true story of a biological male who came from much adversity at birth. His quest to fit into society because of his gender non-conformity made life a struggle but interesting. Take a journey with this author from sandy coasts to rugged mountains. This is definitely not your ordinary autobiography by revealing only accomplishments; this true story has much self-reflection with as much honesty as a publisher will allow. This autobiography will read as though it's fiction at times, but don't be fooled! All is real and raw.

156 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 21, 2015

Reviews

[Amie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a warm and candid memoir that read like a friend was telling me his story. The author describes instances of discrimination and readers are bound to have increased understanding from reading his story. A pleasure to read.

[Patrick Notchtree · Rating 4 out of 5]

This short book is an honest and candid account of a young man’s trials growing up in America and the realisation that he was ‘different’, from a somewhat dysfunctional family background, facing up to and coming to terms with his sexual identity. In many ways I could identify with his experiences as they mirrored my own in some ways.
Non US readers might find one or two of his references obtuse, and I found his occasional riddles about locations a little distracting, but American readers would no doubt take these in their stride.
It is written from the heart, and it seems no matter how much he chases the ‘American dream’, it eludes him. There is joy, beauty, love, heartbreak and discrimination in almost equal measure. It has a very colloquial style, almost as though he is there chatting to you. There are a few grammatical and typographical errors which could have been corrected with better proof reading as others have pointed out and which cost it a star, but that should not prevent his story being told. He is still a young man, (or ‘biological male’ as he says) and I hope he finds his dream.