A few final special highlights of our transgender resources…

• The Last I Wore a Dress: A memoir by Daphne Scholinski - “Even now, it’s always the same question: Why don’t you act more like a girl?  Makeup, dresses, a little swing in my walk is what people mean.  The millennium is upon us and this is the level of discussion.” - from The Last Time I Wore a Dress.  In this book, Scholinski tells about living her teenage years in mental institutions for “girly lessons.”
• Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria - This documentary “tells the story of the first known act of collective, violent resistance to the social oppression of queer people in the US…and introduces viewers to street queens, cops and activist civil rights ministers who recall the riot and paint a vivid portrait of the wild transgender scene in 1960s San Francisco.” - cover
• Venus Boyz - Award-winning film that “takes viewers on an extraordinary journey into the universe of female masculinity.  Filmed in New York City and London, this documentary uses the performances of drag kings as a starting point from which we follow their different paths into transgendered worlds.” - cover

As Nature Made Him: The Boy who was Raised as a Girl by John Colapinto - A mesmerizing story of a medical tragedy and its traumatic results.  Follow David’s courageous story from the doctor’s decisions that will make you angry to the uplifting bravery of a child who never lost touch with who he really was.

Freak Show by James St. James – “Meet Billy Bloom…drag queen extraordinaire.  Billy is not a typical seventeen-year-old, and the Bible Belles, Aberzombies, and Football heroes at his new school have never seen anyone quite like him before.  Thanks to the help and support of one good friend, Billy is able to take a stand for outcasts and underdogs everywhere in his own outrageous, over-the-top, sad, funny, brilliant, and unique way.” – cover

Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and their Families by Arlene Istar Lev – This book “views assessment and treatment through a nonpathologizing lens that honors human diversity and acknowledges the role of oppression in the developmental process of gender identity formation.” - cover

IDS story about IUB’s TDOR events http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=72083&search=transgender&section=search

Just So You know #1 by Joey Alison Sayers – A collection of autobiographical comics about the author’s coming out as a transsexual and her transition to living life as a woman.  It chronicles some of the more interesting and funny moments in that process.

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg – This Lambda Literary Award winner tells the story of butch Jess Goldberg pre-Stonewall era.  Generally regarded as a groundbreaking work on the subject of gender, this novel highlights the Butch and Femme culture of the late 1960s.

The Transgender Studies Reader edited by Susan Stryker and Stephen Whittle – This Lambda Literary Award winner is a collection of fifty influential historical and contemporary articles that document the evolution of transgender studies in the English-speaking world.  - cover

Visit Author Leslie Feinberg (author of Stone Butch Blues, Transgender Warriors, and Drag King Dreams) on line at www.transgenderwarrior.org

Enough Man – “Documentary meets explicit sexuality in Luke Woodward’s groundbreaking debut video about body image, relationships, sex and sexuality from the perspective of nine female-to-male transmen and their partners.  Featuring health educators, college students, sex workers, activists and artists, this film navigates the terrain between objectivity and personal identity, allowing viewers into some of the most personal and rarely discussed areas of transgender life.” - cover

Trans Generation – “This dramatic and mesmerizing eight-part series, is a year-in-the-life look at four college students who are juggling the challenges of academia with their commitment to transition from their birth sex.  In every moment of this radical, paradigm-busting film, these collegiate transgender students blow up stereotypes while coming to terms with how to change their bodies to fit their minds.” - cover

No Dumb Questions – “Uncle Bill is becoming a woman and his 6, 9 and 11 year old nieces are struggling to understand why and how.  With just weeks until Uncle Bill’s first visit as Aunt Barbara, the sisters navigate the complex territories of anatomy, sexuality, personality, gender and fashion.  Their reactions are funny, touching and distinctly different.  This film offers a fresh perspective on a complex situation from a family that insists there are no dumb questions.” - cover

Boys Don’t Cry – Featuring award winning actresses Hilary Swank and Chloe Sevigny, this is a “true story about hope, fear, and the courage it takes to be yourself.”  The film is based on the short life of the now notorious “sexual misfit” Brandon Teena — aka Teena Renae Brandon of Lincoln, Nebraska — and details his struggle to fit in and his eventual murder.

TransAmerica – Awarding winning actress Felicity Huffman plays a conservative transsexual woman, who learns she is the parent of a long-lost 17 year-old son.  The movie follows her and her son on a cross-country adventure that changes both of their lives.  “A funny, touching, completely original look at the American family.” – back cover

]]> http://www.indiana.edu/~glbtlib/wp/?feed=rss2&p=224 http://www.indiana.edu/~glbtlib/wp/?p=223 http://www.indiana.edu/~glbtlib/wp/?p=223#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:35:13 +0000 Rene News Transgender http://www.indiana.edu/~glbtlib/wp/?p=223 Transgender Day of Remembrance Events on IUB Campus…

Monday 11/16 - Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria movie screening. 7pm in the Fine Arts Auditorium (FA015)

Tuesday 11/17 - Featured Speakers followed by a processional to graveyard. 6pm in the Fine Arts Auditorium (FA015). 7pm Graveyard Service in Dunn Meadow East

Visit  http://www.noglstp.net/iu/ for more info

Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen – “A feature-length documentary that explores the lives of six black transgender men living in the United States.  Through the intimate stories of their lives as artists, students, husbands, fathers, lawyers, and teachers, the film offers viewers a complex and multifaceted image of race, sexuality, and trans identity.” - cover

100% Woman: The Story of Michelle Dumaresq –Michelle Dumaresq is a post operative transsexual who has provoked outrage by entering the sport of women’s mountain bike racing.  This documentary studies the complex issues of gender identity as it intermingles with Dumaresq’s personal and professional relationships.

Southern Comfort - Documentary that takes us “into the world of Robert Eads, a 52-year-old wise-cracking cowboy, warm and gregarious, who was born female and later transitioned into living as a man after bearing two sons.  The film finds Robert fifteen years later, during the extraordinary last year of his life, as he falls headlong into a passionate romance with Lola, a vivacious and magnetic woman who was born male.” - cover

The Brandon Teena Story – Documentary that tells the true story behind the acclaimed major motion picture Boys Don’t Cry.  The award winning film features “interviews with those who loved him, those who hated him and the death row inmates who sealed his fate.” – back cover

]]> http://www.indiana.edu/~glbtlib/wp/?feed=rss2&p=222 http://www.indiana.edu/~glbtlib/wp/?p=220 http://www.indiana.edu/~glbtlib/wp/?p=220#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:30:06 +0000 Rene News Transgender http://www.indiana.edu/~glbtlib/wp/?p=220 Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is November 20th.  In recognition of this, we will be featuring several transgender resources here on the blog and throughout the library.  Stop by the library or check back here for continuing updates.

For more information about TDOR, please visit www.transgenderdor.org

The following are all great resources that have recently been donated to the library.

-          Freeheld [DVD] – Academy award winning film that follows the landmark legal battle of a dying New Jersey police officer and her fight to transfer her pension to her domestic partner.

-          The Meaning of Matthew [book] – Signed by author Judy Shepard, this book is a “vivid testimony to a life cut short, and testimony, too, to the bravery and compassion of Matthew’s parents as they struggle to survive a grief that won’t go away.” – Larry McMurtry, author of Terms of Endearment

-          Make the Yuletide Gay [DVD] – This award winning “whimsical gay romance…is one holiday treat you’ll want to savor many times over.” – back cover

Of course I knew she was going to die…we all did.  But what kind of cliff-hanger ending was that?  I will say no more about the final season of the L word (as to keep from spoiling the deceitful final episodes), but will convey my utter frustration and confusion with the final episode.  I welcome any and all comments of shared frustration or perhaps clarity for all.  But most of all, I welcome you to stop by the office and check out the final episodes for yourself.

Visit the library or email the library coordinator at glbtlib@indiana.edu to put your name on the reserve list.