She's Not the Man I Married: My Life with a Transgender Husband
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (857 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1580051936 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Five Stars" according to Phill Brick. Get them both.. Another success for Helen Boyd "Helen Boyd," again has published a fine book on a very complicated subject. Helen takes the slant of a "feminist," but with such care, dedication, humility, humor and consideration for "Betty," that I cannot find anything wrong with this book. Helen makes things "pop" with understanding and reality. I read this book cover to cover in just a few days and will re-read this book to improve my understanding of Helen, Betty and the TG community. Helen's writing flows over the surface like warm butter . Fabulous book, amazing author! L. Adrien Lawyer Not only is helen boyd an articulate, intelligent, relatable, funny author of poignant, intense, authentic memoirs about a difficult and challenging subject, she is also a really terrific person. Many years ago, when the transgender movement was back in its dark ages, helen created and maintained a message board and blog that helped so many people. She did this at her own personal cost and giving deeply of her own time and experience. Even now, in our movement there is too little out there that gi
Now, She's Not the Man I Married is both a sequel and a more expansive examination of gender in relationships. It's for couples who are homosexual or heterosexual, and for readers who fall anywhere along the gender continuum.As Boyd struggles to understand the nature of marriage, passion, and love, she shares her confusion and anger, providing a fascinating observation of the ways in which relationships are gendered, and how we cope, or don't, with the emotional and sexual pressures that gender roles can bring to our marriages and r
Part love story, part psychological treatise and part cautionary tale, this book will speak most directly to those who are confronting gender's perplexing contradictions. . "There is another woman, in a sense. Boyd, an androgynous-looking heterosexual woman (often mistaken for a lesbian), is married to a heterosexual man, who for the past few years has been "presenting as female" most of the time." Betty hasn't yet decided to have "the surgery," while Boyd isn't sure she'd be able to stay in the relationship if Betty does fully "transition" into being a woman. Though she covers her complex topic well, and even includes a chapter of sex advice, Boyd's attempts to conceptualize her experience are unnecessarily repetitive. All rights reserved. When referring to Betty, Boyd switches back and forth from "he" to "she"—even wi