Thanks.
Do those dwell on the psychological aspects?
eta: Because I'm finding lots of stuff from a phenotypical angle, and am interested now in people who feel they're the wrong gender.
Inara: We thought we lost you. Mal: Well, I've been right here.
'Out Of Gas'
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There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
§ ita § - Nov 05, 2004 11:49:37 am PST #6276 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Nutty - Nov 05, 2004 11:50:42 am PST #6277 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
#1 and #3, yes, (#1 moreso). The video most of all.
ETA: Discovery Health also has an hour-long video segment about congenital adrenal hyperplasia (girl with boyish sex-parts), which you might be able to find at a library. It follows a family that ends up going for the surgical approach, and shows the decision-making that goes into it all, and the parents' angst about choosing.
Dani - Nov 05, 2004 3:07:50 pm PST #6278 of 10002
I believe vampires are the world's greatest golfers
ita, one book I've heard a lot about is As Nature Made Him. It's a very sad story, not least of all b/c the subject of the bio recently killed himself.
[ETA but I just realized it's not what you're looking for, since David Reimer was born with unambigous male genitalia that were damaged during circumcision.]
§ ita § - Nov 05, 2004 3:10:08 pm PST #6279 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks Nutty and Dani.
The surreal thing about Middlesex was that there was no gender dysmorphia at all -- just a change in clothes, hair and walking, switch up some language, but he wasn't a girly boy or a boyish girl. Okay, maybe not the surreal thing, but one that made me wonder about the reality of it all.
§ ita § - Nov 05, 2004 3:11:24 pm PST #6280 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Actually, Dani, that is precisely what I'm interested in -- what makes a boy feel like a boy, and a girl like a girl. How did he know he was wrong?
I think I've seen a TV show on that case, and had forgotten the name of the book.
Angus G - Nov 05, 2004 7:19:09 pm PST #6281 of 10002
Roguish Laird
ita, I'd recommend Anne Fausto-Sterling's Sexing the Body as an introduction to both the biological and the psychic/cultural sides of this whole area; the author is trained in both biology and (iirc) sociology, so she's one of the rare people who's able to talk across the usual disciplinary boundaries.
Jesse - Nov 06, 2004 4:33:51 pm PST #6282 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
ita, have you read Trans-sister Radio? I can't remember if I got it from you or Kat (?).
Megan E. - Nov 08, 2004 8:54:53 am PST #6283 of 10002
I finished reading The Time Traveller's Wife yesterday and I was a mess of tears by the end. I agree with a former poster that it is probably a book with massive b.org appeal.
Wolfram - Nov 08, 2004 9:53:24 am PST #6284 of 10002
Visilurking
So put in on the rec list for book club, Megan.
Megan E. - Nov 08, 2004 12:46:22 pm PST #6285 of 10002
I would if I thought I'd have time to participate in the book club thread but I've been working 60 hour weeks with no end in sight. It would make for a good discussion though.