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My Husband Betty: Love, Sex, and Life with a Crossdresser

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The author is a happily married woman whose husband enjoys sharing her wardrobe--and she's written this book on trans-gendered men to focus on their relationships.

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Author Helen Boyd is a happily married woman whose husband enjoys sharing her wardrobe—and she has written the first book on transgendered men to focus on their relationships and their female partners. Traditionally known as cross-dressers, transvestites, or drag queens, men like Helens husband are diverse and dont always conform to stereotype. Many of the older transvestites are socially conservative, deeply closeted, and devout churchgoers. Helen addresses every imaginable question concerning the reasons for behavior that still baffles not only “mental health professionals” but the practitioners themselves; the taxonomy of the transgendered and the distinct but overlapping societies of each group; coming out; bisexuality; and homophobia. The book features interviews with some very interesting people, all of whom struggle and love: dominatrix and her cross-dressing husband; a crossdressing Reiki master and his son; a woman who after dating one cross-dresser wanted to date others and met—and fell in love with—a transsexual instead; a woman whose husband promised her he was only a cross-dresser and later realized that he was transsexual. This is a book about relationships that will engage the reader, and Helens narrative is a powerful lens with which to examine our own notions of gender and equality.

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ISBN:
9781560255154
Author:
Boyd, Helen
Publisher:
Seal Press (CA)
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Sexuality
Subject:
Transvestism
Subject:
Transvestites
Subject:
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Sexuality
Subject:
HEA042000
Subject:
Gender Studies
Subject:
Human Sexuality
Subject:
Marriage
Subject:
Gender Studies-General
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Series Volume:
104-03
Publication Date:
20031231
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Illustrations:
15 bandw photographs
Pages:
304
Dimensions:
825x550

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Author Helen Boyd is a happily married woman whose husband enjoys sharing her wardrobe—and she has written the first book on transgendered men to focus on their relationships and their female partners. Traditionally known as cross-dressers, transvestites, or drag queens, men like Helens husband are diverse and dont always conform to stereotype. Many of the older transvestites are socially conservative, deeply closeted, and devout churchgoers. Helen addresses every imaginable question concerning the reasons for behavior that still baffles not only “mental health professionals” but the practitioners themselves; the taxonomy of the transgendered and the distinct but overlapping societies of each group; coming out; bisexuality; and homophobia. The book features interviews with some very interesting people, all of whom struggle and love: dominatrix and her cross-dressing husband; a crossdressing Reiki master and his son; a woman who after dating one cross-dresser wanted to date others and met—and fell in love with—a transsexual instead; a woman whose husband promised her he was only a cross-dresser and later realized that he was transsexual. This is a book about relationships that will engage the reader, and Helens narrative is a powerful lens with which to examine our own notions of gender and equality.
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