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Summary: A warm encouraging book which I would enjoy giving to others
Review: As a Lesbian Transsexual myself, this book has come closer than any other in catalyzing my own understanding and appreciation for myself. It has also helped significantly to clear the mental and emotional confusion that to date, has been my life inheritence. Geri's story helps to elucidate and cystallize in down to earth fashion the unique anxieties and prejudices that us Lesbian Transsexuals share in a supposedly modern twentieth century society. I was so impressed by it that I recently gave it to my mother when she visited, in the hope that she too would come some distance in understanding me. I am only sorry that Geri's mother never managed to bridge that gap in understanding her own daughter.
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Summary: shared wisdom
Review: first, I hope you will forgive my poor english, but It's not my first tongue. well, since I have said it. I was facinated by this book, I couldn't take my hands of it, even geting late at work for a few days, 'cause of the night reading. for this is a book with so much to say, I mean, it's a book with a historical and socioligical look at the San Francisco area during the hippie emergence to our days; it's a book telling and teaching a lot about love, love of ourself, and love of the others; it's an in depth look at the lesbian comunity; it's a brillant feminist perception of the world; and finaly, it's a wonderfull book about a combat, a combat to survive, to become who we are, to express our deep self, to come to terms with our first suffurings to a more brillant life, it's the book of hope, reminding us that we don't have to give up when we stand firm in the recognition of our true identitie. and last but not least, it's also a book of wisdom, teaching the do's and don't about transition (hmmmm, did I mention I am myself a Lesbian Transsexual). Again, sorry for my poor english
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Summary: shared wisdom
Review: first, I hope you will forgive my poor english, but It's not my first tongue. well, since I have said it. I was facinated by this book, I couldn't take my hands of it, even geting late at work for a few days, 'cause of the night reading. for this is a book with so much to say, I mean, it's a book with a historical and socioligical look at the San Francisco area during the hippie emergence to our days; it's a book telling and teaching a lot about love, love of ourself, and love of the others; it's an in depth look at the lesbian comunity; it's a brillant feminist perception of the world; and finaly, it's a wonderfull book about a combat, a combat to survive, to become who we are, to express our deep self, to come to terms with our first suffurings to a more brillant life, it's the book of hope, reminding us that we don't have to give up when we stand firm in the recognition of our true identitie. and last but not least, it's also a book of wisdom, teaching the do's and don't about transition (hmmmm, did I mention I am myself a Lesbian Transsexual). Again, sorry for my poor english
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Summary: Awesome book!
Review: Geri Nettick has absolutely "nailed" the transsexual lesbian experience. She describes her own experiences in a very articulate and moving way. In addition to telling her story well, Geri presents a very intelligent, informed analysis of the transsexual phenomenon in the context of our culture and a larger world view. She also dissects the lesbian community's discomfort with lesbian transsexuals and presents a resounding rebuttal to the hostile, anti-transsexual "thinking" of certain radical lesbian separatists. Geri also includes a list of resources for transsexuals which would be enormously useful to anyone going through transition. As a lesbian transsexual, all I can say is that I wish this book had been around when I was transitioning! Oh well. At least I don't have to write a book about my transition story because Geri has already done it! The details are different; the story is the same.
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