She's Not the Man I Married by Helen Boyd

She's Not the Man I Married by Helen Boyd

Helen Boyd's husband, who had long been open about being a cross-dresser, was considering living as a woman full time. Suddenly, Boyd was confronted with the reality of what it would mean if her husband were actually to become a woman , socially, legally, and medically. Would Boyd love and desire her partner the same way?Boyd's first book, My Husband Betty, explored the relationships of cross-dressing men and their partners. Now, She's Not the Man I Married is both a sequel and a more expansive examination of gender in relationships. It's for couples who are homosexual or heterosexual, and for readers who fall anywhere along the gender continuum. As Boyd struggles to understand the nature of marriage, passion, and love, she shares her confusion and anger, providing a fascinating observation of the ways in which relationships are gendered, and how we cope, or don't, with the emotional and sexual pressures that gender roles can bring to our marriages and relationships.

My Husband Betty, a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award, was written by Helen Boyd. Her blog, (en)gender, is a gender and trans diary that attracts a large following of people interested in queer, trans, and gender problems and politics. Betty, her companion, and she live in Brooklyn.

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ISBN 13	9781580051934
ISBN 10	1580051936
Title	She's Not the Man I Married
Author	Helen Boyd
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Seal Press
Year published	2007-02-15
Number of pages	280
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