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Akiva ꙮ
Jan 12, 2011 marked it as lost-to-the-library
The one that got me into this mess. Fascinating sociology (even if I still don't get the exact differences between a butch queen up in drags and... all the other ones), and some other interesting ideas. Not remotely a primer (oops).

Falls prey to a very typical problem with trans sociology: there's way more focus on (approximately) 'transfeminine' than (approximately) 'transmasculine' people. To his credit, Valentine talks to about two who could be classified as the latter. You have to wonder why
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Amanda
Oct 17, 2007 rated it it was amazing
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Heather Wednesday
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Cory
Aug 03, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Boy is the android
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Apr 21, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Jul 11, 2021 rated it really liked it
Lillian Kodi
Nov 19, 2019 marked it as tranny-history