Trans’ Related Books This list is not exhaustive and will be reviewed at intervals
The following collection spans autobiography, academic, non-fiction narrative and activist writing
My Story
Author: Caroline Cossey
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN-10: 0571162517
The First Lady
Authors: April Ashley, Douglas Thompson
Publisher: Blake Publishing
ISBN-10: 1844542319
Becoming a Visible Man
Author: Jamison Green
Publisher: EDS Publications Ltd.
ISBN-10: 082651457X
The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male
Author: Max Wolf Valerio
Publisher: Avalon Publishing Group
ISBN-10: 1580051731
Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender
Author: Riki Anne Wilchins
Publisher: Firebrand Books, U.S.
ISBN-10: 1563410907
Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue
Author: Leslie Feinberg
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN-10: 0807079510
Blending Genders: Social Aspects of Cross-Dressing and Sex-Changing: Social Aspects of Cross-Dressing and Sex-Changing
Editors: Richard Ekins, David King
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN-10: 0415115523
Confessions of a Gender Defender: Psychologist’s Reflections on Life Among the Transgendered
Author: Randi Ettner
Publisher: Chicago Spectrum Press, U.S.
ISBN-10: 1886094519
Gender Loving Care: A Guide to Counseling Gender-variant Clients
Author: Randi Ettner
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Ltd
ISBN-10: 0393703045
Transgender Care: Recommended Guidelines, Practical Information, and Personal Accounts
Authors: Gianna E. Israel and Donald E. Tarver
Publisher: Temple University Press, U.S.
ISBN-10: 1566398525
Sex Changes: Transgender Politics
Author: Patrick Califia
Publisher: Cleis Press; 2nd Revised edition
ISBN-10: 1573441805
The Transgender Studies Reader
Editors: Susan Stryker, Stephen Whittle
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN-10: 041594709X
From the Inside Out: Radical Gender Transformation, FTM and Beyond
Author: Morty Diamond
Publisher: Manic D Press, U.S.
ISBN-10: 0916397963
Transparent: Love, Family, and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers
Author: Cris Beam
Publisher: Harvest Books
ISBN-10: 0156033771
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Feminity
Author: Julia Serano
Publisher: Avalon Group
ISBN-10: 1580051545
Counselling Ideologies: Queer Challenges to Heteronormativity
Editor: Lyndsey Moon
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN-10: 0754676838
This is my body: Hearing the theology of transgender Christians
Authors: Christina Beardsley and Michelle O’Brien
Publisher: Darton Longman & Todd
ISBN-10: 0232532060
Many of us do not have the time to read around the subject of gender diversity in depth. Another way to get to glean diverse understandings of any population is to look at their stories – and cinema has been providing insightful snapshots of gender diversity for some time.
Most of the films listed here are fictional, some are true; the genres vary from comedy to thriller. The expressions of gender variance are truly diverse and none is taken to be better or worse than another – they are simply different.
All the films resonate in some way with experiences of real people and real lives – but none are pertinent to every life.
Just Like A Woman [1992] Comedy
Starring: Julie Walters, Adrian Pasdar Director: Christopher Monger
Classification: 15
Transgender Disclosure Relationships (partner)
The Crying Game [1992] Thriller
Starring: Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker Director: Neil Jordan
Classification: 18
Transgender Discovery Relationships (partner)
To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything Julie Newmar [1995] Comedy
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze Director: Beeban Kidron
Classification: PG
Drag Queens Prejudice Relationships (friends)
Different for Girls [1996] Romance
Starring: Steven Mackintosh, Rupert Graves, Miriam Margolyes Director: Richard Spence
Classification: 15
Transsexual Prejudice Relationships (romance)
Ma Vie en Rose [1997] Drama
Starring: Georges Du Fresne, Michèle Laroque, Jean-Philippe Écoffey Director: Alain Berliner
Classification : 12
Transgender Childhood Relationships (family and friend)
Flawless [1999] Thriller
Starring: Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman Director: Joel Schumacher Classification: 15
Transsexual Prejudice Bereavement Relationships (different diversities)
Better Than Chocolate [1999] Lesbian Drama
Starring: Wendy Crewson, Karyn Dwyer, Christina Cox Director: Anne Wheeler
Classification: 15
(Subplot) Transsexual Prejudice Relationships (friends and family)
Boys Don’t Cry [2000] Docu-drama
Starring: Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny Director: Kimberly Peirce
Classification: 18
Female to Male Prejudice Hate Crime True story
All the Queen’s Men [2001] Comedy
Starring: Matt LeBlanc, Eddie Izzard Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Classification: PG
Genderqueer Prejudice Relationships (friendships)
Normal [2003] Drama
Starring: Jessica Lange, Tom Wilkinson Director: Jane Anderson
Classification: 15
Transsexual Disclosure Transition Relationships (wife and children)
Beautiful Boxer [2004] Docu-drama
Starring: Asanee Suwan, Sorapong Chatree, Orn-Anong Panyawong
Director: Ekachai Uekrongtham
Classification: 15
Transsexual Transition True story
Breakfast on Pluto [2005]
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Morgan Jones, Eva Birthistle Director: Neil Jordan
Classification: 15
Transsexual Transition Prejudice Hate Crime
Transamerica [2005] Drama
Starring: Felicity Huffman, Fionnula Flanagan Director: Duncan Tucker
Classification: 15
Transsexual Discovery Transition Prejudice Relationships (older children)
Albert Nobbs [2011] Historical Drama
Starring: Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Taylor-Johnson Director: Rodrigo García
Classification: 15
Female to Male Discovery Relationships (work and friends)
The Danish Girl [2015] Docu-drama Romance
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard Director: Tom Hooper
Classification: 12A
Transsexual Clinical treatment True story Relationships (wife)