The International Foundation for Gender Education

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Identity
Envy Wanting to Be Who We're Not

Creative Nonfiction by Queer Writers Edited by Jim Tushinski, Jim Van Buskirk and James C. Hormel

And:
Transvestites:
The Erotic Drive To Cross Dress (1910)

by Magnus Hirschfeld - translated by Michael A. Lombardi

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Transvestites:
The Erotic Drive To Cross Dress by Magnus Hirschfeld - translated
by Michael A. Lombardi

Transvestites are women and men who feel reluctant and even refuse to dress in the clothing of their own sex. For them, the inherent drive to cross-dress is often more powerful than sexual drive itself. This phenomenon has often been confronted with both
ignorance and prejudice. Transvestites have been subjected not
only to discrimination but also to criminal prosecution for following
what, for them, was an inborn inclination. Dr. Hirschfeld created
this book to establish a body of knowledge about an often misunderstood
topic and to strip away long held prejudices. This classic gender
study, first published in Germany in 1910 and newly translated,
explores all aspects of transvestism: social, physical and emotional.

Identity
Envy Wanting to Be Who We're Not Creative Nonfiction by Queer
Writers Edited by Jim Tushinski, Jim Van Buskirk and James C.
Hormel

Gay men and lesbians present humorous and hard-hitting accounts
of the need to belong . . . somewhere

Why would a lesbian raised in a Jewish home have a sudden desire
to be a tough-talking Catholic girl? And why would a gay man travel
to Ireland in a desperate attempt to escape his “hillbilly”
roots? Identity Envy—Wanting to Be Who We’re Not explores
the connections gay men and lesbians have to religions, races,
ethnicities, classes, families of origin, and genders not their
own. This unique anthology takes both humorous and serious looks
at the identities of others as queer writers explore their own
identity envies in personal essays, memoirs, and other creative
nonfiction.

Gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered, intersex, and
other sexual minorities often feel marginalized by mainstream
culture and have a need to belong somewhere, to claim a group
as their own. This surprising book presents stories of identity
envy that are humorous and hard-hitting, poignant and provocative,
written with energy, wit, and candor by many of your favorite
writers-and some exciting newcomers.