Feeling Wrong in Your Own Body: Understanding What It Means to Be Transgender

by Jaime A. Seba

Overview

Boys who play with Barbie dolls. Girls who join the football team. What is gender? What are gender roles? What's the difference between being a tomboy and being transgender? Is it possible to be in the wrong body? Explore the answers to these questions with an in-depth look at what it means to be transgender, based on the personal experiences of the men and women who have taken steps to transition. Learn from the experiences of transgender young people who make the significant choice to live openly as another gender while still in high school. Uncover the reality of this often misunderstood group and how it fits into the LBGT community.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781422296783
Publisher:	Mason Crest
Publication date:	11/17/2014
Series:	Gallup's Guide to Modern Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Lifestyle Series
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	64
Lexile:	1190L (what's this?)
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	12 - 15 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

1 What is Gender? 9

2 What is Transgender? 22

3 Growing Up Transgender 33

4 Living as a Transgender Adult 44

Bibliography 62

Index 63

About The Author And The Consultant 64