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Table of Contents

General Religion Novels Partners and Family Cross Dressing Drag FTM Transgender Transsexual Intersex Fashion Makeup Medical

General

• Alternatives to sexist usage
  Find the words to replace sexist words

• AOTEAROA
  by Caitlin Richards
  Selected poems by a New Zealand transsexual inmate

• Art work of Yuri Kumykov

• As Nature made Him
  by John Colapinto
  The boy who was raised as a girl

• Book of Program Transcripts
  From the International Foundation of Gender Education's 1st annual conference.
  "Coming together, working together"  Chicago 1987

• Crime and Deviance
  by Greg Newbold
  Traces major changes in New Zealand patterns of behaviour

• Definitions of terms
  by Merissa Sherrill Lynn
  Food for thought

• Doctor I feel funny
  by Patricia Cameron-Hill & Dr Shayne Yates
  How to take the stress out of being in hospital, for patients and visitors

• Freud for beginners
  by Richard Appignanesi & Oscar Zarate
  Understanding Freud's Concepts

• Gender and Education
  by Jane Purvis
  Teachers & issues of sexual orientation

• Go Girl
  by Fiona Clark
  Study of the Active Eye Exhibition in 1975

• International Directory TV & TS Support Organisations 1989
  Published by the Minorities Trust

• Invisible Families
  by Terry Stewart
  Resource for parents of lesbian & gay children

• Items of interest
  by The Minorities Trust 1989
  Photocopies of some overseas newspaper articles

• Jest a Minute
  by The Minorities Trust
  Jokes and cartoons

• Jest a Minute 2
  by The Minorities Trust
  More cartoons and jokes

• John Money - A tribute
  by Eli Coleman
  On the occasion of his 70th birthday, recognition of his work

• Jung for beginners
  by Maggie Hyde & Michael McGuinness
  Understanding Jung's Philosophy

• Legal recognition of Same-Sex partnerships.
  Edited by Robert Wintemute and Mads Andrenaes
  A study of National, European, and International Law.

• Love Calendar
  by Peggy Rudd
  The secrets of love

• Love for all seasons
  by Suzanne Innes-Kent
  A book for couples, finding lasting intimacy through relationship challenges

• Love is letting go of fear
  by Gerald Jampolsky
  Accepting yourself

• Never Trust a Skinny Cook
  by Joanne Clarke
  Fabulous low fat desserts by Transsexual Chef

• Our Trans Children - 3rd Edition
  A publication o Transgender network of parents, families and friends of Lesbian and Gays.

• Poetique
  by The Minorities Trust 1989
  An anthology of TV poetry

• Report of the Privacy Commissioner 30/06/00
  Presented to the house of Representatives pursuant to section 24 of the Privacy Act 1993

• Shades of Deviance
  by Various NZ Authors
  New Zealand collection of studies of social deviance

• The Beaumont Trust - A Conference Report
  International Gender Dysphoria Conference 1990

• The body is the barometer of the soul
  by Annette Noontil

• So be your own Doctor II

• The Bride wore Black and he looked fabulous
  by Drew Campbell
  An etiquette guide for the rest of us

• The Castrati by Henry Pleasants
  Extracts from "The Great Singers"

• The Gay Book of Days by Martin Greif
  An evocatively illustrated who's who of who is, was or may have been, probably was and almost certainly seems to have been gay during the past 5,000 years

• The Laugh Journal
  by The Minorities Trust 1991
  Jokes and cartoons

• The life you were born to live by Dan Millman
  Numerology. A guide to finding your life purpose.

• U.N Convention on the rights of the child
  In English and Maori

• You won't die laughing
  by Patricia Cameron-Hill & Dr Shayne Yates
  How to have less stress in you life and more fun

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Religion

• Facing our Differences
  by Alan Brash
  The Churches and their Gay and Lesbian members

• Omnigender
  by Virginia Ramey Mollenkott
  A personal view on Religion and Transgender

• Religion & Transvestism
  by Tapestry
  A collection of editorials, articles, & letters dealing with religious issues within the TV/TS community

• The Cross and the Crossdresser
  Vanessa's personal reflections on cross dressing as a Christian

• The Female Pope
  by R & D Pardoe
  The mystery of Pope Joan

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Novels

• Boys like Her
  by Camilleri, Coyote, Eakle, Montgomery
  Short stories about the lives of tg people. an unusual approach to fiction which is nonetheless thought provoking. has a forward by Kate Bornstein

• Drag Queen
  by Robert Rodi
  Novel funny adventures of a lawyer who gets mixed up with his drag queen brother

• Girl
  by David Thomas
  What happens when you have SRS by mistake

• Grace
  by Carrie Worrall
  A novel, no current review

• I want what I want
  by Geoff Brown
  Roy was different from most boys-he was a girl

• Middlesex
  by Jeffrey Eugenides
  A novel - I was born twice, first as a baby girl on a smogless Detroit day in January 1960 and again as a teenage boy in am emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan in August 1974.

• Myra Breckinridge
  by Gore Vidal
  A parody on Hollywood, pop intellectualism & porn

• Stone Butch Blues
  by Leslie Feinberg
  A novel about growing up Transgendered FtM

• String of Pearls
  by Tony Ayres
  Stories about crossdressing

• Sunday Best
  by Bernice Rubens
  On Sunday George becomes Emily

• The Well of Loneliness
  by Radclyffe Hall
  A classic. The first novel to explore cross dressing and lesbianism

• Trans-Sister Radio by Chris Bohjalian
  A poignant and humorous tale of families, love and sex-changes

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Partners and Family

• Dress Codes of Three Girlhoods -
  My mothers, my fathers and mine by Noelle Howey
  A memoir about growing up with a cross dressing father

• He's my daughter
  by Lynda Langley
  A Transsexual journey from the eyes of a Mother

• My Husband wears my clothes
  by Pegg Rudd
  Crossdressing from the perspective of a wife

• Out of the Ordinary
  edited by Noeline Howey & Ellen Samuels
  Essays on growing up with Gay, Lesbian and Transgendered parents

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Cross Dressing

• Alice in Genderland
  by Richard J Novic MD
  An up to date memoir by a crossdresser in search of himself and the truth

• Aspects of Gender
  by Lesley Gordon
  A study of cross dressing

• Crossdressers and those who share their lives
  by Peggy Rudd
  A follow on to her 2 earlier books.

• Crossdressing with Dignity
  by Peggy Rudd
  The case for transcending gender lines

• Desirelines
  by Peter & Richard Wherrett
  An unusual family memoir

• Gerald / ine
  by Monica Jay
  For the love of a transvestite
  This novel became the movie "Just like a woman".

• Handbook for speakers on Cross Dressing
  by Virginia Prince
  How to book for those in this position

• Historical study of Transvestism in History
  Part One by Suzan Harrison
  Ethnological Aspects of Transvestics (Minorities trust)

• Historical study of Transvestism in History
  Part Two by Sylvia Baynes
  Transvestism & the advancement of woman (Minorities Trust)

• Male Femaling
  by Richard Ekins
  A grounded theory approach to cross dressing

• Men in Frocks
  by K Kirk & E Heath
  Covers all areas of men wearing dresses

• Miss Veras' Finishing School
  by Veronica Vera
  Tips, tales & teachings from the dean of the worlds first cross dressing academy

• Monsier D'Eon is a Woman
  by GARY KATES
  A tale of political intrigue and sexual masquerade

• Out & About - The Emancipated Crossdresser
  by MS Lacy Leigh
  A survival guide for men who enjoy looking and dressing like woman

• The Australasian Good Tranny Guide
  by Suzanne Jackson
  Support List for Australia/New Zealand

• The Bliss of becoming One
  by Rachel Miller
  A self help book for cross dressers

• The Crazy Crossdresser
  by Charles Anders
  A guide to Crossdressing

• The Gender Paradox
  by Jed Bland
  What it means to be a transvestite

• The Transvestite and his Wife
  by Virgina Prince
  All the problems and pleasures of transvestism discussed in detail

• Transformations
  by Mariette Pathy Allen
  Cross dressers and those who love them

• Transvestite Life
  by Seahorse Club of Australia
  Articles by members

• Understanding Cross Dressing
  by Virginia Prince
  A basic book for anyone trying to understand cross dressing

• Vested Interests
  by Marjory Garber
  Cross dressing & cultural anxiety

• Wellington Transvestites
  by The Minorities Trust 1989
  A series of reports by Jane Tite

• Who's really from Venus?
  by Peggy Rudd
  The tale of two genders

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Drag

• Boy George in his own words
  by Boy George
  I'm not a transvestite, everyone thinks I am but I'm not

• Camp
  by Mark Booth
  Camp is unique contribution to culture and social history

• Dame Edna's Bedside Companion
  by Dame Edna Everage
  Wonderful fun read

• Drag
  by Roger Baker
  A history of female impersonation on stage

• Dressing Up
  by Peter Ackroyd
  Transvestism & drag: the history of an obsession

• Female Mimic
  by Jenifer Jordan
  Drag contests & stories

• From Drags to Riches
  by Danny La Rue
  My autobiography

• Lettin' it all hang out
  by Ru Paul
  An autobiography

• Life's a Drag
  by Peter Underwood
  A biography of Danny la Rue

• Mad about the Boy
  by Anton Gill
  The life & times of Boy George & Culture Club

• The Drag Scene
  by Desmond Montmorency
  The secrets of Female Impersonators

• Venus Castina
  by C J Bullet
  Famous female impersonators, celestral & human

• What a Drag
  by Homer Dickens
  400 stills of dressing in drag

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FTM

• All s/he wanted
  by Aphrodite Jones
  The true story of Brandon Teena and his murder
  As depicted in the movie "Boys don't cry"

• Amazons and Military Maids
  by Julie Wheelwright
  Women who dressed as men in pursuit of life

• Amy Bock & the Western Tradition of Cross Dressing Woman
  by J Mary
  Discovering the past

• An uncommon Soldier
  by Lauren Cook Burgess
  Civil war letters of Sarah Wakeman

• Eugenia
  by Lorae Parry
  Script of the play

• Female Masculinity
  by Judith Halberstam
  A study of Masculinity without men

• FTM
  by Holly Devor
  Female-to-male transsexuals in society

• Information for the Female to Male
  by Lou Sullivan
  Handbook to address the needs of the FtM cross dresser and transsexual

• James Miranda Barry
  by Patricia Duncker
  Study of James, a 19th century physician who was a woman.

• Lieutenant Nun
  by Catalina De Erauso
  Memoir of a basque transvestite in the new world

• The Tradition of Female Transvestism
  by Dekker & V D Poll
  Study based on 119 cases of female transvestism in early modern Europe

• Transmen and FTM's - Identities,Bodies, Genders and Sexualities
  by Jason Cromwell
  Documentation on the lives of Transmen and the Transmen's social identity

• What took you so long?
  by Raymond Thompson & Kitty Sewell
  A girl's journey into manhood

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Transgender

• 1993 Who's Who in the TG Community
  by CDS International
  Excellent guide to the tg community

• 1994 Who's Who and Resource Guide
  by CDS International
  Excellent guide to the tg community

• 1996 Who's Who and Resource Guide
  by CDS International
  Excellent guide to the tg community

• A Survey of Transpeople in NZ 1989
  by Minorities Trust Research Survey
  Carried out for Western Maryland College, USA.

• Blending Genders
  by Richard Ekins & Dave King
  Social aspects of crossdressing and sex-changing

• Breeching the Barriers
  by Sylvia Baynes
  A cross gender study published by the Minorties Trust

• Challenging the Myth of Gender
  by The Minorities Trust
  A study from 4 differing perspectives on gender issues

• Changing ones
  by Will Roscoe
  Third and fourth genders in native North America

• City Night Life
  by The Minorities Trust
  Detached youth worker scheme

• Counselling in Genderland
  by Niela Miller
  A guide for you & your transgendered client

• Discrimination & Persecution of Trans People in NZ
  by The Minorities Trust
  Research paper

• From Masculine to Feminine
  by Jennifer Anne Stevens
  A practical guide for all transgendered

• Gender Queer - Voices from beyond the sexual binary edited
  by Joan Nestle, Clare Howell & Riki Wilchens
  New ways of looking at gender described in peoples stories

• International Journal of Transgenderism
  by HBIGDA
  Volume 8 Number 1 - 2005

• In a queer time and place - Transgender bodies, Subcultural lives
  by Judith Halberstam
  This book explores the significance of the Transgender body and is a portrayal of the partnership between trans issues and gay and lesbian issues

• Looking Queer
  by Dawn Atkins
  Image and identity in lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender communities

• Making the best of both worlds
  by The Minorities Trust
  Introductory guide to an understanding of transvestites & transsexualism or sexual dysphoria

• Man & Woman, Boy & Girl
  by J Money & A Ehrhardt
  Differentation & dimorphism of gender dysphoria

• My Gender Workbook
  by Kate Bornstein
  A guide to exploring gender. fun and thought provoking

• Neither Man nor Woman
  by Serena Nanda
  The hijras of India

• No Man's Land Volume 2. Sexchanges
  by S M Gilbert & S Guba
  The place of the woman writer in the twentieth century

• Normal
  by Amy Bloom
  Contemplations of gender, based on interviews with FTM Transsexuals, Crossdressers and Intersex people

• Pleasures of the flesh
  by Stevan Elded-Grigg
  Sex & drugs in colonial New Zealand 1840-1915

• 'O Au No Keia
  by Andrew Matzner
  Voices from Hawaii's Mahu and Transgender Communities

• Queer in Aotearoa New Zealand
  edited by Lynne Alice & Lynne Starr
  Essays on being queer in New Zealand, including an essay on Transgender identities and the law by Tess Lomax

• Read my lips
  by Riki Anne Wilchins
  Sexual subversions & the end of gender

• Refusing to be a man
  by John Stoltenberg
  A bold look at the relationship between the sexes, it will forever change the way you think about men, women & the sexes

• Sacred Cows make the best hamburger
  by Joanne Roberts
  A collection of editorials and essays

• Seeds of the American Sexual Revolution
  Discussions of the studies of Alfred Kinsey

• Sex Changes
  by Pat Califia
  The politics of transgenderism

• Sexual Metamorphosis
  edited by Jonathan Ames
  An anthology of transsexual memoirs including writings by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing, Harry Benjamin, Jan Morris, Loren Cameron and many others.

• S/HE
  by Claudine Griggs
  Changing sex and changing clothes

• Speaking as a Woman
  by Alison Laing
  Controlling your male voice

• The gender frontier
  by Mariette Pathy Ellen
  Photos and written essays on transgender people

• The Spirit and the Flesh
  by Walter L Williams
  Sexual diversity in American Indian culture

• The Transgender Debate
  by Stephen Whittle
  The crisis surrounding gender identities

• Third Sex, Third Gender
  by Gilbert Herdt
  Beyond sexual dimorphism in culture and history

• Transgender Care - Recommended Guidelines, Practical Information and Personal accounts
  Gianna Israel & Donald Tarver
  A book by helping professionals that addresses issues faced by TG people

• Transforming Families.
  Edited by Mary Boenke
  Real stories about Transgender loved ones.

• Transgender Equality
  by Currah and Mintera
  Handbook for activists and policy makers. American based but contains some good information

• Transgender Journeys
  by Virginia Ramey Mollenkott & Vanessa Sheridan
  Beyond pink and blue

• Trans Liberation
  by Leslie Feinberg
  Beyond pink and blue

• Transvestism, Transsexualism & the Law
  by M McMullan & S Whittle
  A handbook by the gender trust

• Transvestites & Transsexuals
  by Richard F Docter
  Toward a theory of cross-gender behavior

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Transsexual

• Body Shock
  by Liz Hodgkinson
  The truth about changing sex

• Canary, A Transsexuals personal story
  by Canary Conn
  A true story from the USA 1974.

• Carmen - My life
  as told to Paul Martin
  My life, from school boy to successful business woman

• Christine Jorgensen
  An Autobiography

•  Conundrum
  by Jan Morris
  The classic 1970's autobiography

• Feminization of the Transsexual
  by Douglas Kousterhoult MD, DDS
  Face Surgery

• Hormones
  by Tapestry
  A description of estrogens, progesterones, and androgens, and their effect on MtF & FtM transsexually inclined persons. A collection of articles from TV-TS Tapestry Journal issues 39-51.

• Hormones
  by Sheila Kirk M.D.
  All you need to know.

• How Sex changed - a history of Transsexuality in the United States
  by Joanne Meyerwitz
  A comprehensive account of the last 100 years

• Identity Management in Transsexualism
  by Dallas Denny
  A practical guide to managing identity on paper

• Katherine's Diary
  by Katherine Cummings
  The autobiography of the current editor of Polare magazine from the Sydney Gender Centre

• Legal aspects of Transsexualism 1990 edition
  by SR Mary Elizabeth
  Guidance through the legal aspects of your change

• Man into Woman
  by Niels Hoyer
  An authentic record at the first sex change in 1930

• No Thanks or Regrets
  edited by Jacqueline Kent
  A series of essays by Australian women including 'The life and times of an XY Woman' by Katherine Cummings

• Orlando's sleep
  by Jennifer Spry
  Autobiography of an Australian lesbian transsexual

• Roberta Cowell's story
  by Roberta Cowell
  Autobiography of first UK sex change

• The Employer's guide to Gender Transition
  by Dana Cole
  Information for those dealing with an employee involved in gender transition

• The Official Autobiography of Sex Change
  by Stephanie Anne Lloyd
  Pictorial version

• The TS Survival Guide I
  by Joann Stringer
  To transition & beyond

• The Ultimate Angels
  by Byron Newman
  Photo reportage of transsexual secret society that defies all the conventions of the normal world

• 8 To thine own self be true
  by Denise Tilling
  A story of transition, starting in Cheltenham, England and closing in Karamea, New Zealand

• Transsexual Empire
  by Janice Raymond
  1979 - A feminist attack on transsexualism

• Trans-Sexuals
  by Gerald Ramsey
  Candid answers to private questions

• Transsexualism
  by Tapestry
  Collection of articles, editorials & letters on the subject of MtF & FtM transsexualism from TV-TS Tapestry Journal issues 39-52.

• Transsexualism
  Introduction & general aspects of treatment

• Transsexualism & Sex Reassignment
  by Walters & Ross
  Deals with factors that determine gender identity & describes how & why transsexualism may develop

• Whats going on?
  by Jutta Humpfer
  Transsexual people and their relationships with Clinicians.
  Thesis submitted for Doctor of Philosophy - Otago

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Intersex

•  A life worth living
  by Lady Colin Campbell
  She was born a girl but brought up a boy because of an intersex condition. An Autobiography.

• Lessons from the Intersexed
  by Suzanne Kessler
  A fascinating look at how the medical profession creates and reinforces the idea that only 2 types of gender expression exist, male and female. The intersex situation has important lessons for the wider transgender community. Academic but very readable

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Fashion

• All was revealed
  by Doreen Caldwell
  Ladies underwear 1907-1980

• Balenciaga
  by National Gallery of Victoria
  Masterpieces of fashion design

• Fabulous Fashion
  by S Blum & L Hamer
  Fashions from 1907 - 67

• Fetish (Fashion, Sex and Power)
  by Valerie Steele
  A study on fetish fashions

• What not to wear volume 1
  by Trinny Woodall & Susannah Constantine
  The book from the first TV series

• What not to wear volume 2
  by Trinny Woodall & Susannah Constantine
  The book from the second TV series

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Makeup

• Art & Illusion I
  by Joann Roberts
  Face & hair

• Be Beautiful
  by Elizabeth Anderson
  A top to toe guide

• Every Girls Companion
  by J.M
  Complete Guide to make-up for cross dressers

• Face
  by Marie Claire
  Guide to modern beauty. Takes a simple and natural approach to caring for the face.

• Good looks for life
  by London & Adams
  The 35+ guide to health, beauty & style

• Makeup and Skincare
  by Sally Norton
  Tips on how to look feminine

• Sensual Beauty & how to achieve it
  Practical tips & hints

• Simply Beautiful
  by San Michele
  Guide which covers important areas of beauty and hygiene

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Medical

• Biological determinant of sexual orientation
  Looking at the why

• Brainsex
  by A Moir & D Jessel
  The real difference between men & women

• Community Care
  New Zealand Health & Social Services Directory 93/94

•  Directory of Counselling
  edited by Beth Webster
  New Zealand Resources 1992

• Do we really need this resource? Ministry of Health.

• Evolutions rainbow
  by Joan Roughgarden
  A detailed insight in to gender diversity in nature beyond humans

• Human Sexuality
  by Rosemarie Hogan
  A nursing perspective

• Medical Curiosities
  by G M Gould & W L Pyle
  An encyclopedia of abnormalities in all branches of medicine and surgery

• Medical, Legal an Social implications of Transsexualism and Sex reassignment
  by Victoria University - Wellington
  Proceedings of a Seminar

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