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Love, Family, and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers
Harvest Books
January 2008
On Sale: January 14, 2008
336 pages
ISBN: 0156033771
EAN: 9780156033770
Hardcover
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When Cris Beam moved to Los Angeles, she thought she might volunteer just a few hours at a school for gay and transgender kids. Instead, she found herself drawn deeply into the pained and powerful group of transgirls she discovered. Transparent introduces four: Christina, Dominique, Foxxjazell, and Ariel. As they accept Cris into their world, she shows it to usβa dizzying mix of familiar teenage cliques and crushes and far less familiar challenges, such as how to morph your body on a few dollars a day. Funny, heartbreaking, defiant, and sometimes defeated, the girls form a singular community. But they struggle valiantly to resolve the gap between the way they feel inside and the way the world sees themβand who among us canβt identify with that? Beamβs astute reporting, sensitive writing, and passionate engagement with her characters place this book in the ranks of the very best narrative nonfiction.
 Media BuzzTell Me More - June 26, 2008
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