Finding the Real Me: True Tales of Sex and Gender Diversity [Paperback]

Tracie O'Keefe (Editor), Katrina Fox (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0787965472 | ISBN-13: 978-0787965471 | Publication Date: April 15, 2003 | Edition: 1

Finding the Real Me is an extraordinary collection of real-life stories told by a wide-range of sex and gender diverse people. These healing tales of struggle and transformation reveal just how creative, resourceful, and adventurous the individuals in this community can be and also helps to bridge the gap between ignorance and understanding. As each incredible story unfolds we become part of the author's journey to self-acceptance and join the celebration of their new life. Page by page, we laugh, cry, and learn to appreciate these wonderful courageous people and the road they walked to be their true selves. Finding the Real Me is a landmark book that encourages us to embrace diversity, to never fear our differences, and to remain always in awe of our amazing possibilities.

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From the Back Cover

Finding the Real Me is an extraordinary collection of real-life stories told by a wide-range of sex and gender diverse people. These healing tales of struggle and transformation reveal just how creative, resourceful, and adventurous the individuals in this community can be and also helps to bridge the gap between ignorance and understanding. As each incredible story unfolds we become part of the author's journey to self-acceptance and join the celebration of their new life. Page by page, we laugh, cry, and learn to appreciate these wonderful courageous people and the road they walked to be their true selves.
Finding the Real Me is a landmark book that encourages us to embrace diversity, to never fear our differences, and to remain always in awe of our amazing possibilities.

"This groundbreaking selection of autobiographies gives loud and celebratory voice to the frequently hidden and ignored community of those with diverse sex and gender expression. An important and long overdue publication that is sure to illuminate and inform people of all genders who enter the realm of its pages."
— Elizabeth Riley, general manager, Gender Centre, Sydney, Australia

"If you ever doubted that transgender and transsexual issues cross national and cultural boundaries, this provocative collection of voices ought to be enlightening. The confidence, self-awareness, creativity, playfulness, and commitment to life that these people share in the face of invalidation, restriction, oppression, and even violence is absolutely inspiring. The personal is political; these voices raised in harmony prove it."— Jamison Green, educator and author, Becoming a Visible Man

About the Author

Tracie O'Keefe is a clinical hypnotherapist, psychotherapist, and counselor in Sydney, Australia and professor of sex, gender, and sexuality at the Calamus International University. She is the author of the book Sex, Gender, and Sexuality.
Katrina Fox is a freelance journalist and editor.
O'Keefe and Fox are the coauthors of Trans-X-U-All

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (April 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787965472
• ISBN-13: 978-0787965471
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #953,879 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #69 in Books > Gay & Lesbian > Biographies & Memoirs > Transgender

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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Intermediate Bought A Primer..., January 14, 2007

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Aurora V. Adams "Aurora V Adams" (Orlando, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Finding the Real Me: True Tales of Sex and Gender Diversity (Paperback)

I'm a bit ahead of the game, and so this book, while interesting, really didn't give me what I needed. I was hoping to get a more crystalized understanding of my gender dysphoria / gender identity disorder, but because the material was subjective, from a layman's perspective, and allegorical I really didn't find what I was needing. The book was an uplifting read that more and more individuals of the younger generations are now finding the courage, that it took me until age forty to find, to be the people they know they were born to be. If you want an in depth understanding of gender dysphoria I highly recommend "True Selves" (Brown & Rounsley, 1996) also available from Amazon.com

0 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Finding the Real Me, July 6, 2008

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This review is from: Finding the Real Me: True Tales of Sex and Gender Diversity (Paperback)

Watch out people! I ordered the book. When it arrived it "appeared" to be what I ordered. Instead, it had the correct cover enclosing a different book. I sent it back and asked for a replacement. Again, I got a different book with the correct cover. I was advised by an Amazon support person to send it back and get it somewhere else. I did send it back. I have not read it and can give no opinion on the book. Just the service.
This rating system forces you to click on at least one star. I did, with no knowledge of the book.