Ottawa Trans Library

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The original main branch of the Ottawa Public Library at the corner of Metcalfe and Laurier. Only a stained glass window remains of the original building.

Library catalogue by title (N to Z)

This catalogue does not represent all the books in the library, only the ones added thus far.

News bulletin : Gender Mosaic
Ottawa : Gender Mosaic
Periodical
Holdings: Apr./May 1993-Mar./Apr. 1994.

Nine lives: the autobiography of Erica Rutherford
Rutherford, Erica
Charlottetown : Ragweed Press, 1993. ISBN 0921556365
Autobiography : 243 pages.

None so pretty : the sexing of Rebecca Pine : the story of a changing life
McKay, Reg
New York : Routledge, 2001. ISBN 0415929202 9780415929202
Biography : 191 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations

Notes from the underground
Ottawa, Gender Mosaic
Periodical
Frequency and numbering vary; Volume number jumps from 6(1994) to 8(1995).
Holdings: no.1(1988/89)-no.5(1989); v.2:no.1(1989/90)-v.6:no.2(1994); v.8:no.1(1995)-v.8:no.3(1995); Nov.(1995)-Dec.(1995); no.1(1997)-no.4(1998); v.1(1999)-v.4(1999); v.1(2000)-v.4(2000); v.1(2001); v.1(2002)-v.3(2002); v.2(2003)-v.3(2003); v.1(2004)-v.2(2004).

Organizing for transgender rights: collective action, group development, and the rise of a new social movement
Nownes, Anthony J.
Albany, NY : SUNY Press, 2019. ISBN 9781438473000
Non-fiction : 215 pages
https://transottawa.ca/books-47/

Out : LGBTQ Poland
Nabrdalik, Maciek
New York : New Press, 2018. ISBN 9781620973691
Non-fiction : 156 pages : illustrations
https://tripleechoca.wordpress.com/books-17/

Psychopathia sexualis , with especial reference to the antipathic sexual instinct : a medico-forensic study
Krafft-Ebing, Richard von
Translated by F. J. Rebman. “Only authorized English adaptation of the twelfth German edition”. Revised edition.
Brooklyn : Physicians and Surgeons Book Company, 1931. (Original copyright 1906.)
Non-fiction : 617 pages

(The) Queen of Whale Cay
Summerscale, Kate
London : Fourth Estate, 1998. ISBN1857026683
Biography : 248 Pages

Read my lips : sexual subversion and the end of gender
Wilchins, Riki Anne
Ithaca, New York : Firebrand Books, 1997. ISBN 1563410915
Non-fiction : 231 pages.
Short-listed for Lambda Literary Awards (Transgender) 1997.

Revealing selves : transgender portraits from Argentina
Arnal, Kike; Fernandez, Josefina
New York : New Press, 2018. ISBN 9781620972878
Non-fiction : 144 pages : illustrations
https://tripleechoca.wordpress.com/books-17/

(The) Riddle of gender
Rudacile, Deborah
New York, Pantheon Book, 2005. ISBN 0375421629
Non-fiction : 355 pages

Sarah
LeRoy, J. T.
New York : Bloomsbury, 2000. ISBN 158234146X
Fiction : 166 pages

Sex and the church : Gender, homosexuality, and the transformation of Christian ethics
Rudy, Kathy
Boston : Beacon Press, 1997. ISBN 0807010359
Non-fiction : 157 pages

Sex changes : the politics of transgenderism
Califia, Pat
San Francisco : Cleis Press, 1997. ISBN 1573440728
Non-fiction : 307 pages

Sexual behaviour : creative and destructive
Walker, Kenneth
London : William Kimber, 1966.
Non-fiction : 272 pages : illustrations.

She’s not the man I married: my life with a transgender husband
Boyd, Helen
Emeryville, CA : Seal Press, 2007. ISBN 9781580051934; 1580051936
Non-fiction : 311 pages

She’s not there: a life in two genders
Boylan, Jennifer Finney
New York : Broadway Books, 2003. ISBN 076791404X (hdbk)
New York: Broadway Paperbacks, 2013. ISBN 9780385346979 (paper)
Autobiography : 330 and 337 pages : 2 editions

Soar, Adam, soar
Prashaw, Rick; Prashaw Adam
Toronto, Dundurn, 2019. ISBN 9781459742765
Biography : 248 pages

Tams & Tissues
Montreal : Transvestites a Montreal
Periodical
Holdings: April 1980 (partial issue); Mar 10, 1982; July 9, 1982; Nov. 16, 1982.

Third Sex, third gender : beyond sexual dimorphism in culture and history
Herdt, Gilbert (ed.)
New York : Zone Books, 1994. ISBN 0942299817 (hdbk)
New York : Zone Books, 1996. ISBN 0-942299825 (paper).
Non-fiction : 614 pages : 2 copies
https://tripleechoca.wordpress.com/books-6/

This one looks like a boy : my gender journey to life as a man
Shenher, Lorimer
Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books, 2019. ISBN 9781771644488 1771644486
Autobiography : 291 pages

Trans: A Memoir
Jacques, Juliet
London : Verso, 2015. ISBN 9781784784171.
Autobiography : 311 pages.

Trans forming families : real stories about transgendered loved ones
Boenke, Mary (ed.)
Imperial Beach, CA : Walter Trook Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0966327217
Non-fiction : 146 pages

(The) Trans generation: how trans kids (and their parents) are creating a gender revolution
Travers, Ann
New York, New York University Press, 2019. ISBN 9781479840410
Non-fiction : 263 pages

Trans liberation : beyond pink and blue
Feinberg, Leslie
Boston, Beacon Press, 1998. ISBN 0807079510
Non-fiction, 147 pages
Donated by Joanne Law.

Transgender explained: for those who are not
Herman, Joanne
Bloomington, AuthorHouse, 2009. ISBN 9781449029579
Non-fiction : 148 pages

Transgender history : the roots of today’s revolution
Stryker, Susan
New York : Seal Press, 2008. Revised edition. ISBN 9781580056892
Non-fiction : 303 pages

(The) Transgender Studies Reader
Stryker, Susan and Stephen Whittle (eds.)
New York, Routledge, 2006. ISBN 9780415947091
Non-fiction : 752 pages

Transgender Tapestry
Waltham, MA : International Foundation for Gender Education
Periodical. Published quarterly
Holdings: no. 88, 1999; no. 108, 2005; no. 112,2007.

Transgressive: a trans woman on gender, feminism, and politics
Williams, Rachel Anne
Philadelphia, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2019. ISBN 9781785926471
Non-fiction : 272 pages

Transmen and FTMs : identities, bodies, genders and sexualities
Cromwell, Jason
Urbana; Chicago : University of Illinois Press, 1999. ISBN 0252068254
Non-fiction : 201 pages.
https://tripleechoca.wordpress.com/books-4/

Transpeople : repudiation, trauma, healing
Shelley, Christopher A.
Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2008. ISBN 9780802095398
Non-fiction, 250 pages. 2 copies.
Copy 1 donated by Joanne Law.

Transsexuality in the male: the spectrum of gender dysphoria
Koranyi, Erwin K.
Springfield, IL : Charles C. Thomas, 1980. ISBN 0398039240
Non-fiction : 198 pages : illustrations
Donated by Joanne Law.

Transvestia
Los Angeles : Chevalier Publications
Periodical
Holdings: no.95(1978); no.97(1978)-no.98(1979); no.100(1979; incorrectly dated as 1977); no.103(1980).
No.100 has title “The life and times of Virginia Prince”. Signed by author, with note from author inserted inside back cover.
Donated by Joanne Law.

Transvestites and transsexuals : mixed views
Feinbloom, Deborah Heller
New York : Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1976. ISBN 0440085136
Non-fiction : 303 pages.

Trap door : trans cultural production and the politics of visibility
Gossett, Reina; Stanley, Eric A.; Burton, Johanna (eds.)
Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, 2017
Non-fiction : 419 pages : illustrations

(The) Trauma Cleaner : One Woman’s Extraordinary Life in Death, Decay & Disaster
Krasnostein, Sarah
Melbourne, The Text Publishing Company, 2017. ISBN 9781925498523
Biography : 261 pages
https://tripleechoca.wordpress.com/books-13/

Travesti : sex, gender and culture among Brazilian transgendered prostitutes
Kulick, Don
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ISBN ISBN 0226460991
Non-fiction : 269 pages : illustrations.
https://tripleechoca.wordpress.com/books/

Tri-Ess Directory
Tulare, CA : Sociey for the Second Self
Periodical. Annual with supplements.
Holdings: 1987; 1 & 2, 1987

Triple echo
Ottawa : Sappers Bridge Publishing
Periodical
Published quarterly: Vol. 1, no. 1 erroneously has year 1999 on cover; inside pages give Dec. 1998.
Holdings: v.1:no.1(1998)-v.4:no.2(2003.

(The) Triple echo
Bates, H. E.
London : Michael Joseph, 1970. ISBN: 0718108140; 9780718108144
Fiction : 80 pages : illustrations

True selves : understanding transsexualism…: for families, friends, coworkers, and helping professionals
Brown, Mildred L.; Rounsley, Chloe Ann
San Francisco, Jossey Bass, 2003. ISBN 0787967025
Non-fiction, 264 pages
Donated by Joanne Law.

Two Strand River
Maillard, Keith
Toronto : HarperCollins, 1996. ISBN 0006481434; 9780006481430
Fiction : 314 pages

(The) Uninvited dilemma : a question of gender
Stuart, Kim Elizabeth
Portland, Metamorphous Press, 1991. ISBN 1555520138
Non-fiction, 173 pages.
Donated by Joanne Law.

Unzipping gender: sex, cross-dressing and culture
Suthrell, Charlotte
Oxford, Berg, 2004. ISBN 1859737250
Non-fiction : 220 pages : illustrations
Donated by Samantha P.

Vested interests : cross-dressing and cultural anxiety
Garber, Marjorie
New York : Routledge, 1993. ISBN 0415900727 (hardback)
New York : HarperCollins, 1993. ISBN 0060975245 (paperback)
Non-fiction : 443 pages : illustrations (2 copies)

(The) Well of Loneliness
Hall, Radclyffe
London : Corgi Books, 1974
Fiction : 510 pages.

Whipping girl : a transsexual woman on sexism and the scapegoating of femininity
Serano, Julia
Berkeley, California : Seal Books, 2007. ISBN 9781580051545; 1580051545
Non-fiction : 390 pages

Woman enough : how a boy became a woman & changed the world of sport
Worley, Kristen & Schneller, Johanna
Toronto : Random House Canada, 2019. ISBN 9780735273009 0735273006
Biography : 239 pages

Zenith digest
Vancouver : The Zenith Foundation
Periodical
Holdings: no.6(1994); v.4:no.6(1997/98)-v.5:no.3(1998); v.5:no.5(1998)-v.5:no.6(1998); v.7:no.4(2000)-v.8:no.3(2001); v.9:no.2(2002).