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Becoming Nicole : the transformation of an American family / Amy Ellis Nutt.

Nutt, Amy Ellis, (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9780812995411
ISBN: 0812995414
Physical Description: xix, 279 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Random House, [2015]
Copyright: ©2015

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-274).

Formatted Contents Note:

Mirror image -- Beginnings. Identical twins ; My boys ; Finally ours ; Gender dysphoria ; Down East ; Things to be careful of ; The pink aisle ; A boy-girl ; Wild in the dark ; Girls with magical powers ; A son and a daughter ; Transitions ; Getting the anger out -- The sexual brain. The Xs and Ys of sex ; Perpetrating gender ; Nature's anomalies ; Being different ; Becoming Nicole ; A new adversary ; Freak ; The Christian Civic League of Maine ; Defending Nicole ; May I have this dance? ; She's all girl ; Eyes on -- Gender matters. The transgender brain ; Gender of the heart ; Separate and unequal ; Going stealth ; On the outside looking in ; Puberty begins ; Born this way ; A time for change ; We can't lose ; First kiss ; Small victories ; Someone else's brother ; One step back ; Imagine ; Our story -- Breaking barriers. Commencement ; Transformation -- As long as she's happy.