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Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue

by Nicholas M. Teich

Columbia Univ. 2012. 160p. illus. bibliog. ISBN 9780231157131. pap. $20; ebk. ISBN 9780231504270.

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In this straightforward and readable introduction, topics include the distinctions among gender identity and sexual orientation, coming out, and social and medical transition as well as history, transgender as a mental illness, and discrimination. Teich provides anecdotes from his personal and professional lives. Both educational and entertaining.

Reviewed by K.R. Roberto , Jun 01, 2016

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