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Books of Interest
Books relating to transgender issues fall into two broad categories:
The non-fiction books in particular may be difficult to obtain - some were published in small quantities, or by voluntary groups.
Transsexual Characters or Themes
Title Author Publisher & ISBN No.
Transgender Underground - London & the Third Sex Claudia Andrei  Glitter,ISBN 1902588118
Normal - Transexual Ceos, Crossdressing Cops
& Hermaphrodites with Attitude
Amy Bloom Bloombury, ISBN 0747564566
Gender Outlaw - On Men, Women & the Rest of Us Kate Bornstein Routledge, ISBN 0415908973
My Gender Workbook Kate Bornstein Routledge, ISBN 0415916739
True Selves - Understanding Transexualism Mildred Brown Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0787902713
Male/Femaling - A Grounded Theory Approach to Crossdressing
& Sex-Changing
Richard Ekins Routledge, ISBN 0415106257
Women - On Being a Woman Fay Fransella Tavistock, ISBN 0422760803
Just Julia - The Story of an Extraordinary Woman Julia Grant Boxtree, ISBN 1852834811
S/HE - Changing Sex & Changing Clothes Claudine Griggs Berg, ISBN 1859739164
Dress Codes - A Story of 3 Girlhoods, My Mother's, My Father's & Mine Noelle Howey Virago, ISBN 1860499902
Christine Jorgensen - A Personal Autobiography Christine Jorgensen Cleis, ISBN 1573441007
A Two-Tiered Existence Samantha Kane Writers and Artists PLC, ISBN 0953360407
Crossing - A Memoir Deirdre McCloskey University of Chicago, ISBN 0226556689
The Sexing of Rebecca Pine - None So Pretty Reg McKay Mainstream, ISBN 1840181753
The Bliss of Becoming One
Integrating "Feminine" Feelings Into the Male Psyche
Rachel Miller Rainbow, ISBN 1568250312
Hedwig & the Angry Inch John C Mitchell Overlook, ISBN 1585670340
Conundrum Jan Morris Faber & Faber, ISBN 0571209467
Invisible Lives - The Erasure of Transexual & Transgendered People Viviane Namaste University of Chicago, ISBN 0226568105
Trans-X-u-all - The Naked Difference Tracie O'Keefe
& Katrina Fox
Extraordinary, ISBN 0952948206
A Guide to Transexualism, Transgenderism & Gender Dysphoria Alice Purnell Gendys Network, ISBN 0952510723
Accounting for Transexualism & Transhomosexuality Brian Tully Whiting & Birch, ISBN 1871177049
Who Was Dr Charlotte Bach? Francis Wheen Short, ISBN 1904095399

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Crossdressing Characters and Themes
The Lazy Crossdresser Charles Anders Greenery, ISBN 1890159387
The Gender Paradox - What it means to be a Transvestite Jed Bland The Derby TV/TS Group, ISBN 0951788523
Take it Like a Man - The Autobiography of Boy George Spencer Bright Sedgewick & Jackson, ISBN 0283992174
Cross Dressing, Sex & Gender Vern Bullough University of Pennsylvania, ISBN 0812214315
Men in Dresses - A Study of Transvestism/Crossdressing Vernon Coleman European Medical Journal, ISBN 1898947996
Crossing The Line Sara Davidmann Dewi Lewis, ISBN 1899235396
The Drag Queens of New York - An Illustrated Field Guide Julian Fleisher Pandora, ISBN 004440994X
Charlene's Angels Colin Ginks Codex, ISBN 189959815 4
The Dress Circle Laurie Graham Black Swann, ISBN 0552997609
Transvestism & Crossdressing - Towards an Understanding M.T. Haslam Beaumont Trust, ISBN 0952135752
Geraldine - Just Like a Woman Monica Jay Mandarin, ISBN 0749336048
My Son Divine Frances Milstead Alyson, ISBN 1555835945
Bert & Lori - The Autobiography of a Crossdresser Robert Rowey Prometheus, ISBN 1573921491
Who's Really from Venus - The Tale of Two Genders Peggy Rudd P.M., ISBN 0962676241
My Husband Wears My Clothes
Crossdressing from the Perspective of a Wife
Peggy Rudd P.M . ISBN 096267625X
Crossdressing with Dignity
The Case for Transcending Gender Lines
Peggy Rudd P.M., ISBN 0962676268
Crossdressers - And Those Who Share Their Lives Peggy Rudd P.M., ISBN 0962676276
Miss Vera's Crossdress for Success Veronica Vera Villard, ISBN 0812991958
What Not To Wear  Trinny Woodall
& Susannah Constantine
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ISBN 0297843311
Drag Diaries Catherine Chermayeff
& Jonathon David
& Nan Richardson
Chronicle, ISBN 0811808955
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