Books

Relationships and Parenting

At the Broken Places.

In this collaborative memoir, a parent and transgender son recount wrestling with their differences as Donald Collins undertook his transition. Despite my best efforts to be sympathetic to the mother’s complaints, I failed.

Mom, I Need To Be a Girl

By Just Evelyn (Evelyn D. Lindenmuth), reviewed by Samantha P. Samantha passed away in 2019. This review was originally published on her web site.

My Husband Betty: Love, Sex, and Life with a Crossdresser

By Helen Boyd, reviewed by Samantha P. Samantha passed away in 2019. This review was originally published on her web site.

My Husband Wears My Clothes: Crossdressing from the Perspective of a Wife

By Peggy J. Rudd, reviewed by Samantha P. Samantha passed away in 2019. This review was originally published on her web site.

Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing Up with Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents

Edited by Noelle Howey and Ellen Samuels. Only five of the 21 essays in this collection of essays are about having a trans parent, yet this book is still a worthwhile addition for trans parents trying to reach their children.

She’s Not the Man I Married: My Life With A Transgender Husband

By Helen Boyd, reviewed by Samantha P. Samantha passed away in 2019. This review was originally published on her web site.

Stuck in the Middle with You: A Memoir of Parenting in Three Genders

By Jennifer Finney Boylan, reviewed by Samantha P. Samantha passed away in 2019. This review was originally published on her web site.

The Trans Generation: How Trans Kids (and Their Parents) Are Creating a Gender Revolution, by Ann Travers.