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" . . . the most compelling and informative account of the intersex experience that I have ever seen. This book is a triumph."David Gushee, Professor of Christian Ethics, author of Changing Our Mind: The Landmark Call for Inclusion of LGBTQ ChristiansCynthia, an adjunct professor with a trunk full of ungraded papers and snack wrappers, has been an LGBTQIA+ ally for years-in convenient ways. She enjoys the company of her queer friends-but her support isn't risky; it hasn't cost her anything. Until she meets Danny. The youngest child in a conservative religious family, Danny played the role of dutiful daughter-Dani, with an "i"-which was safer than jeopardizing faith and family. Seemingly born female, yet desperate to be seen as the boy and then man he is, Danny kept playing along, until his life and health depended on one thing: the truth.Told in both Danny's and Cynthia's voices, Intersexion is a moving, hopeful exploration of the cost of being known-as an intersex minority, ally, or asker of difficult questions-and what it means to come into one's own. It's a book for anyone craving a more authentic life. It's a story about the intersections we find ourselves in by no choice of our own, and the life-giving choices we can make.Sometimes in life we reach an intersection where we must pick either safety or stepping into life as our true selves. It's a moment of courage, vision, and finding our voice.Named on the Top 34 LGTBQ Christian Books of 2022 by Q SpiritSelected for Season Six of the Unashamed Love Collective

'La mia battaglia per i diritti delle persone transgender è iniziata da una maglietta rosa con un unicorno: mia figlia la voleva indossare e io proprio non capivo perché un maschio non potesse farlo. Cercare di difendere questo suo diritto mi ha fatto iniziare a studiare e capire che cosa sia davvero l'identità di genere. Ma la cosa che mi ha aiutato di più in questo viaggio è stata conoscere tante persone transgender, di ogni età e di ogni nazionalità. Ognuna con la propria storia e le proprie peculiarità esattamente come chiunque: persone però che vivono in una società che non solo non le prevede, ma che ad oggi ancora pare non avere alcuna intenzione di prevederle. Basti pensare alle infinite discussioni per l'inserimento dell'espressione "identità di genere" all'interno del DDL Zan e a quel vergognoso applauso quando è stato affossato.' Camilla Vivian, creatrice di "Mio figlio in rosa", in cui racconta la sua esperienza di madre di una persona transgender, ha iniziato il suo percorso di attivista nel 2016. Da allora si è sempre scontrata, come chiunque porti avanti questa battaglia per i diritti, con una barriera di ignoranza e pregiudizio che finisce per sembrare insormontabile. Dall'uso del giusto pronome al riconoscimento giuridico, dalle terapie ormonali alla transizione chirurgica: le vicissitudini cui vanno incontro le persone transgender sono tante, dolorose e spiazzanti. Questo libro vuole essere un modo per cambiare le cose: attraverso le straordinarie testimonianze di 33 persone transgender di ogni età e provenienza, si racconta non solo la vera realtà della questione transgender in Italia, ma si affronta anche un problema politico e sociale che esige di essere risolto, affinché nessun diritto venga più negato e si inizi a costruire un mondo migliore. Das Urheberrecht an bibliographischen und produktbeschreibenden Daten und an den bereitgestellten Bildern liegt bei Informazioni Editoriali, I.E. S.r.l., oder beim Herausgeber oder demjenigen, der die Genehmigung erteilt hat. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

'A treatise on empathy and grace in extraordinary circumstances' Jojo Moyes<BR><BR>'Today I sat on a bench facing the sea, the one where I waited for L to be born, and sobbed my heart out. I don't know if I'll ever recover.' <BR><BR> This note was written on 9 November 2017. As the seagulls squawked overhead and the sun dipped into the sea, Alexandra Heminsley's world was turning inside out. <BR><BR> She'd just been told her then-husband was going to transition. The revelation threatened to shatter their brand new, still fragile, family. <BR><BR>But this vertiginous moment represented only the latest in a series of events that had left Alex feeling more and more dissociated from her own body, turning her into a seemingly unreliable narrator of her own reality. <BR><BR> Some Body to Love is Alex's profoundly open-hearted memoir about losing her husband but gaining a best friend, and together bringing up a baby in a changing world. Its exploration of what it means to have a human body, to feel connected or severed from it, and how we might learn to accept our own, makes it a vital and inspiring contribution to some of the most complex and heated conversations of our times.<BR><BR>'An honest, moving and authentic examination of the end of a relationship... Heminsley's writing is sharply resonant' SheerLuxe<BR><BR>'Insightful and wise, generous and kind' David Nicholls

Book I provides an intimate glimpse of camp life in the Union Army during the Civil War.There's a memorable cast of characters, the most being Sergeant Johnathan Traver, a man laden with memories of his abusive boyhood,and Private Esher Coley, a young man also burdened with a painful and lonely boyhood.Johnathan is convinced that his misery will end while serving in this bloody war, but before he dies he wants to modernize training methods taught to recruits. He is regarded as a traitor by Army Command. He does not fear becoming an outlaw in the Army, all he fears is being discharged, still alive!Esher dearly wants to stay alive so he can raise a family on his farm on the Prairie. He is convinced that having a family will be the end of his loneliness. They fall in love. How can this be?Book I brings a surprisingly different perspective to our collective understanding of Army life during the Civil War.

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A coming-of-age memoir of a young swimmer's triumphs and heartbreaks on the path to winning Olympic gold at age 14. Some 50 years later, author Carolyn Wood embarks on a solo pilgrimage to walk the 500 miles of the Camino de Santiago in an attempt to reclaim her "inner tough girl" as she reflects on coming out as gay in the 1970s after a brief marriage and motherhood, and the disillusionment and loss she experiences when her 30-year relationship suddenly ends.<BR>  <BR> After several failed attempts at learning to swim, young Carolyn Wood finally conquers her fears and dives into unknown waters. By 1958 she sets a goal to make the 1960 Olympic team and, along with teammates and competitors, begins the arduous road to Rome. Losses, pain, fear, and fatigue accompany the rambunctious athlete as she finds her way through athletic training, school, and dealing with social gender expectations as she realizes she's gay.<BR>  <BR> Tough Girl artfully weaves Wood's life story around the tale of her long walk on the Camino de Santiago, an effort to tap into her tough girl resilience so she can begin to accept the end of her long marriage. The ups and downs of Carolyn's childhood road to the Olympics as well as her journey on the Camino, will thrill and inspire readers.

Sad and funny, sexy and sensitive, angry and insightful: the deeply personal stories in this book reflect a rainbow of experiences and emotions, as diverse as the storytellers themselves. Join chief editor Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli and the Australian LGBTIQ Multicultural Council for a journey of discovery through queer multicultural multifaith Australia, with more than sixty voices from across the spectrum of sexualities and genders, families and relationships. Annette Xiberras, lesbian Wurundjeri Elder with a Maltese father, provides a Welcome to Book and insights into her Indigenous-migrant family. Filmmakers Tony Ayres and Franco Di Chiera share their experiences telling stories from minority cultures on Australian screens, while Benjamin Law talks queer Asian-Australian identity, and making The Family Law for SBS. Broadcaster Faustina Agolley talks about being ‘out’ as a woman of colour, and Anton Enus tells us about coming out as a ‘coloured’ gay man in South Africa. Entertainer Paul Capsis reflects on doing Cabaret in the age of Trump while Asiel Adan talks about non-binary gender across the US border in Mexico. Meanwhile, Christos Tsiolkas imagines Ari, the protagonist of his iconic novel Loaded, now middle-aged, during a weekend of mass violence in distant Paris, while Patrick Abboud travels the world so he can come home. Alyena Mohummadally searches for reconciliation between her queer and Muslim identities and Tony Briffa shares a personal story of growing up with intersex variations and the rigidity of Western medicine.

Oft sind es Kindheitserlebnisse, die uns irgendwann im Leben einholen. Diese Erlebnisse sind es, die oftmals das gesamte Leben des Betroffenen auf den Kopf stellen. Das Geschlecht spielt meist eine nebensächliche Rolle. Es gerät komplett aus den Fugen, und das bisher geführte Leben scheint immer weiter in die Ferne zu rücken. Man hat das Gefühl, vor einem riesengroßen Problem zu stehen, wie soll man damit umgehen, war das geführte Leben eine Lüge oder ist alles nur ein schlechter Traum?Doch sehr schnell bemerkt man, dass es weder ein Traum noch eine Einbildung ist, denn man zweifelt an sich selbst, an seinem Verstand und doch ist es wahre Realität.Es beginnt erst ein Chaos, nach einiger Zeit hat man es im Griff - weil man ja nicht auffallen möchte. Man behält es zunächst für sich, doch irgendwann wird der Druck auf die Psyche so groß, dass man sich einfach irgendjemandem anvertrauen muss, nur wem?In diesem Fall war es ein exzellenter Psychologe, ein Professor der Universität Regensburg, den ich zufällig auf einer Vernissage Wochen zuvor kennen gelernt hatte.Die Suche nach meiner wahren Identität in der Hoffnung auf ein glücklicheres Leben begann.Diana Stevens