Calling My Deadname Home by Avi Ben-Zeev

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Calling My Deadname Home by Avi Ben-Zeev

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Summary

A trans gay man reconnects with his female past - utterly original, completely engrossing. Told with honesty and humour, as if a trans David Sedaris had a love child with Pema Chodron, the Zen Buddhist nun

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Calling My Deadname Home by Avi Ben-Zeev

In this extraordinarily compelling trans memoir, Avi, a bearish trans man and Psychology Professor, navigates sex and dating in a phallic-centric universe of men who love men. But something is missing. To become the man he aspires to be, he needs to reconnect with Talia, his hyper-feminine straight female past, and invite her back in.This memoir explores what it means to come home to oneself with brutal honesty, humour, and self-compassion, going well beyond gender. From growing up in a working-class right-wing Israeli family and barely finishing high school to pro-Palestinian activism and escaping compulsory military service by faking madness, to attaining a PhD from Yale-a triumph after poor schooling. Told in three episodes, early transition, later transition and Talia's story, this memoir tackles contemporary gender and social issues. At its heart is a universal theme: to become who we already are, we must integrate the past into the present.

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Avi Ben-Zeev is a gay transgender man, high school failure, and Yale Ph.D. A psychologist and writer, he's compelled by emotional truth. His story Angel won the UK's first transgender writing competition, and his anthology Trans Homo ... Gasp! was a Lambda Award Finalist. He lives in London
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ISBN 13 9781738452811
ISBN 10 1738452816
Title Calling My Deadname Home
Author Avi Ben-Zeev
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Muswell Press
Year published 2024-11-14
Number of pages 234
Prizes Commended for Lambda 2022
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