But it wasn’t long before they noticed a marked difference between Jonas and his brother, Wyatt. Jonas preferred sports and trucks and many of the things little boys were “supposed” to like; but Wyatt liked princess dolls and dress-up and playing Little Mermaid. By the time the twins were toddlers, confusion over Wyatt’s insistence that he was female began to tear the family apart. In the years that followed, the Maineses came to question their long-held views on gender and identity, to accept and embrace Wyatt’s transition to Nicole, and to undergo an emotionally wrenching transformation of their own that would change all their lives forever.Becoming Nicole chronicles a journey that could have destroyed a family but instead brought it closer together. It’s the story of a mother whose instincts told her that her child needed love and acceptance, not ostracism and disapproval; of a Republican, Air Force veteran father who overcame his deepest fears to become a vocal advocate for trans rights; of a loving brother who bravely stuck up for his twin sister; and of a town forced to confront its prejudices, a school compelled to rewrite its rules, and a courageous community of transgender activists determined to make their voices heard. Ultimately, Becoming Nicole is the story of an extraordinary girl who fought for the right to be herself.Granted wide-ranging access to personal diaries, home videos, clinical journals, legal documents, medical records, and the Maineses themselves, Amy Ellis Nutt spent almost four years reporting this immersive account of an American family confronting an issue that is at the center of today’s cultural debate. Becoming Nicole will resonate with anyone who’s ever raised a child, felt at odds with society’s conventions and norms, or had to embrace life when it plays out unexpectedly. It’s a story of standing up for your beliefs and yourself—and it will inspire all of us to do the same.

    They fall in love, and they marry.For thirty years they share one another's lives.That should have been the end of the story.Luke Livingstone is a lucky man. He's a father and grandfather, a respected solicitor, a pillar of the community. He has a loving wife in Eilish, children who adore him and an idyllic home in the Oxfordshire countryside.But Luke is struggling with an unbearable secret, one that is close to destroying him. All his life, Luke has hidden the truth about himself - a truth so fundamental that it will shatter his family, rock his community and leave him an outcast.Luke has nowhere left to run. He must either end his life, or become the woman he knows himself to be - whatever the cost. His family is tested to its limits, as each of them is forced to consider what makes a person essentially themselves. What do you do when you find that your husband - your father, your son - is not who you thought? Can you ever love him again?A beautiful and dramatic portrayal of a family in turmoil.

    But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl.George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part . . . because she's a boy. With the help of her best friend, Kelly, George comes up with a plan. Not just so she can be Charlotte -- but so everyone can know who she is, once and for all.

    Young Kyle struggles to make it through the school day without being noticed, but others intend to make him the center of attention.

    In this remarkable book, Jackson Shultz records the stories of more than thirty Americans who identify as transgender. They range in age from 15 to 72; come from twenty-five different states and a wide array of racial, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds; and identify across a vast spectrum of genders and sexualities.Giving voice to a diverse group of individuals, the book raises questions about gender, acceptance, and unconditional love. From historical descriptions of activism to personal stories of discrimination, love, and community, these touching accounts of gender transition shed light on the uncharted territories that lie beyond the gender binary. Despite encounters with familial rejection, drug addiction, and medical malpractice, each account is imbued with optimism and humor, providing a thoughtful look at the daily joys and struggles of transgender life.

    I don’t remember my past, or at least from birth to about age ten. I only discovered this while taking part in an experiment in my college Psychology class that completely upended my life. For one thing, I found out that I had no memories of nearly the first half of my life. I also found out something else. There’s another famous quote about “Walk a mile in another man’s shoes …” and so on. That’s what the experiment was, to experience life from a different perspective. For one student, it meant to wear a fat suit. For another, to spend time in a wheelchair. For me, it was to experience life as a girl. And although the guy remained skinny under the suit, and the guy could get out of the wheelchair, I discovered that I was a girl, inside; I learned that I was transgender. Once I learned that, I could begin to discover my past, my lost childhood … and then I could begin to discover what my future would be. This is the long and detailed story of my discoveries.

    Peaches is an unusual boy with an unusual school project -- he's going to spend his semester exploring gender roles in high school by living as a girl.

    Looking up I could see my step father glaring down at me. Mum had known for some time that I liked dressing and being a girl. My step dad on the other hand...

    She can take isolated facts and bits of data and make connections. But she can’t seem to make a connection with her mother, because Melanie was born as a boy named Michael. Her mother can’t quite grasp what it means to have a transgender child, and they live in an awkward, uneasy truce. Things can’t continue that way, so Melanie goes to live with her mother’s only friend Marilyn, a glamorous divorcée and widow who turns out to be a bit of a genius herself at making connections. Together with her daughter Carol, Marilyn connects Melanie to the world of girls, a world that rightfully should have been hers from birth. A companion to the book Salvations.

    His life was hardly going the way he had hoped. From a very early age he found his niche as a female impersonator. At six he joined his three sisters as a juvenile version of the Spice Girls, taking the part of Baby Spice. The applause hit a spot and, much to his parents’ and teachers’ disapproval, he decided that that was what he was going to do with his life.The problem was not that he was a talented drag artiste, but he was too good at what he did. Few of those who watched him portray current and famous female singers actually believed him to be male. They all believed him to be a talented mimic, but without exception thought him another girl.His personal life was another aspect that had yet to leave the starting block. Determined not to be seen as just another gay drag artiste, Max staunchly refused to adopt a life-style that was anything other than that of a macho male away from the stage. The problem was that all the girls in his life believed him to be gay, and those men who came close were of the same opinion, despite his insistence and persistence in denying it.Despite believing he was truly gifted, he found himself destined for the slow-lane to stardom. Indeed, he found himself up a cul-de-sac as his current job ended when the seedy night-club went into receivership.After the final performance, a man in a suit made him an offer that was to shake him to the core.That man was Major Harry Pearce, of the Department of Special Operations. His director was Sir Humphrey Maynard, the man responsible for selecting a certain Josie Fortune (now Fullerton) to work for him.Serena Sondera, an up-and-coming Argentinean female singer had been poisoned, and the Security Services suspected that it was a serious assassination attempt by a nefarious foreign power. They desperately needed her not to be lying at death’s door in a secret clinic in order to lure those responsible out of the darkness. The answer – Maxwell Soriano would become Serena Sondera and perform in front of thousands at the next concert which was just days away.It was time for Max to see just how good he really could be.The problem was that in doing so, Max was to face the true reality of who he should always have been. What he would do about it was another matter entirely.

    A small team of dark-clad figures have located an industrial plant that is definitely not what it should be. They have no time to establish exactly what they have discovered, for there is a ferocious and immediate reaction by those guarding the plant. One team member is killed, while the leader is wounded. He orders the others to withdraw, whilst giving them time and space to do so. Unwilling to leave him, they are forced to obey his orders. Because of his sacrifice, they all survive. The man is listed and missing, believed killed in action.Several months later, in a sleepy town in the Midlands of England, a police officer’s dreary and damp night shift is enlivened by the sudden appearance of a beautiful young woman dressed in male clothes as she staggers onto the road in front of him, and collapses into unconsciousness.The girl awakes a short time later in hospital, with no memory of anything before waking up.As the girl starts each day with an entirely blank memory, she has no idea that she could be connected to that incident that took place half a world away and several months previously.One memory slips through – that of a popular female singer that seems to have been a friend. However, just as she remembers that, she sees on the TV news the murder of that same woman, in suspicious circumstances. Can she be involved? Is she the killer?Will she ever get her memory back?The policeman who found her joked that she was like the ship that was found adrift with no crew –The Marie Celeste – all appears normal, but completely empty. Taking the name of Marie, she begins the task of building a new life. Just as she does, her old life starts to interfere - in the shape of mysterious men who appear to be following her. Will she ever fill in the blanks; or will they get to her first?Marie reacts instinctively, only to discover that her instincts display skills that are definitely not the normal skills that nice girls possess.Just who and what was she?

    He doesn’t feel strongly about anything; he doesn’t really feel anything much. Not like his best friend Mark Thompson, who perhaps feels things too strongly. But Mike considers himself just a regular guy; nothing special. Then their high school announces an Opposite Day, where students can come dressed as the opposite of what they are—nerds can be jocks, jocks can be nerds, and so on. Mark has an idea: Since he and Mike are just regular guys, they should do the opposite and show up as regular girls. Nothing special. Mike is reluctant but with the help of two girls, Mark and Mike get the clothes to become two regular girls—and it would just be for Opposite Day, right? And then everything would go back to the way it was, right? Mark sails through happily but Mike is troubled, tied up in knots. The whole ‘regular girl’ thing—why did it feel almost … normal? But his definition of ‘normal’ is rocked as his own normal world comes apart. His father seems to be somebody completely different from the man Mike had known. And then Mike learns that his parents’ marriage is disintegrating. And then Mark isn’t spending time with Mike anymore. And now everything seems so opposite to the way it was … A Transgender Young Adult book by Karin Bishop.

     This is a marvelously candid memoir of gender and acceptance; one that breaks down many complex issues, though it is her enchanting British humor that makes them such a joy to read. Inner and outer recognition is uncovered through dating debacles, painful family discussions, and trips to Victoria’s Secret. Challenges of pesky pronouns, passport humiliation and underwhelming cup sizes test her spirit yet her charismatic wit never wanes. There are laugh out loud moments, heart-wrenching ones too as she tussles with the balance between he and she, and how gender is perceived—for herself and for those around her. Back in the 80s and 90s Chase was a globe-trotting DJ who played exotic clubs in the Middle East and southern China, then an indie music radio host in Hong Kong. However, having played at rooftop parties for sheiks, been a maestro in the clubs, and a household name on the airwaves, it was only after relocating to New York that the real journey began. Why was he feeling like a she? The feeling wouldn’t go away. Then the first cross-dressing steps into Manhattan as a woman. Embarrassing wigs, stares on the subway, and heels an inch from respectability. Through painful, unexpected, and hilarious experiences, a tipping point of gender was reached. But how to tell those who knew her as a man before? Friends were both won and lost, but the biggest announcement was over a cup of Earl Grey: the excruciating moment of disclosure with her 80-year old mother. The devolution and rebuilding of that amazing relationship is one of the most heart-rending threads of this book. Humor drives her forward as she explores the New York dating life as a woman. She gets thrown out of a strip club as a perceived threat to business, initiates her first bikini moment, and has a love match at the US Open Tennis Championships. Puberty happens for a renewed time in a different gender, and with that, dodgy fashion choices and overzealous make-up. She was a 16 year old girl in her 40s. As she considers life changing surgery, one moment of epiphany ensues, yet clarity comes with a kick. What would be next? There are martinis on top of the world, the pyramids at dawn, and high-speed motorbike rides through Asian back streets, but Tea and Transition is far more than a globetrotting travelogue or another tale of a right-soul-in-the-wrong-body. This is a wonderfully personal journey through places beyond the physical. Of change and the human spirit, love and family values, and how one man became one woman.

    A girl and her girlfriend face down the monsters that keep her village afraid. A little sea monster girl listens to her two grandfathers tell the story of how they found her. A woman fights to rescue her brothers from a sorceress - that she finds herself falling for.Welcome to Vitality!--- Vitality is a literary magazine publishing exciting, entertaining fiction featuring LGBTQ+ protagonists. What we hear people asking for, most often, is more stories featuring queer people – and not just serious, often difficult-to-read “issue” work dealing with the hard stresses of real life, but fun stories that happen to be about queer characters, and portray queerness in a positive way.In answer to this need, Vitality seeks to be an escape for the reader. A safe place full of wonder and awesome where the reader can see characters like themselves doing things like battling dragons, solving crimes, acting in a circus, or traveling the world. All genres and styles can be found in Vitality. The only limit is your imagination.

    It is multisensory and multidimensional philosophy used in conjunction with the erotic, eroticism, and black erotica. It is the affect that shapes film, performance, sound, food, technology, drugs, energy, time, and the seeds of revolutionary ideas for black movements. But funk is also an experience to feel, to hear, to touch and taste, and in Funk the Erotic , L. H. Stallings uses funk in all its iterations as an innovation in black studies. Stallings uses funk to highlight the importance of the erotic and eroticism in Black cultural and political movements, debunking "the truth of sex" and its histories. Brandishing funk as a theoretical tool, Stallings argues that Western theories of the erotic fail as universally applicable terms or philosophies, and thus lack utility in discussions of black bodies, subjects, and culture. In considering the Victorian concept of freak in black funk, Stallings proposes that black artists across all media have fashioned a tradition that embraces the superfreak, sexual guerrilla, sexual magic, mama's porn, black trans narratives, and sex work in a post-human subject position. Their goal: to ensure survival and evolution in a world that exploits black bodies in capitalist endeavors, imperialism, and colonization. Revitalizing and wide-ranging, Funk the Erotic offers a needed examination of black sexual cultures, a discursive evolution of black ideas about eroticism, a critique of work society, a reexamination of love, and an articulation of the body in black movements.

    One day, while staying with his aunt, he came across an item that his uncle had found just after the Second World War. In a box with an old bayonet, a soldier's helmet and some lead soldiers, he believed to be a part from a downed German aircraft from the Battle of Britain. This hoop of metal appeared nothing special. Idly, he played with it, and as it opened, he slipped it around his neck.Inexplicably and rapidly, Kenneth transformed into the person he had always dreamed he could have been. This metal torc was obviously not a part from an old war plane; but he did not know the torc’s true origins. Had he done so, he might not have treated in such a casual manner.Many millennia previously and desperately seeking somewhere to live after the death of their sun, a group of inter-stellar explorers discovered what everyone thought was a perfect planet. The atmosphere was as close to their home planet as they could want. The climate was ideal; neither too hot, nor too cold. The microbiology posed no apparent threats, and the soil chemistry PH was friendly and fertile; well capable of sustaining the crops they wanted to bring with them.The only fly in the ointment, so to speak, was the most advanced of the indigenous life-forms. Nick-named ‘The Brutes’, these were the most aggressive and nasty life-form they had ever encountered. Wholly different and about as incompatible with the explorers as one could ever be, the Brutes displayed an innate ability to learn rapidly and develop new ways to channel their aggression. With limit resources the ship’s scientific officer developed an ingenious means by which they could camouflage themselves by posing as the Brutes themselves. Micro-technology, crammed into what would appear to be a piece of plain decoration or jewellery, enabled the wearer to adjust their outward appearance to that of the Brutes. But matching the DNA of the wearer to the DNA of the target life-form, the wearer could take on the form of the Brute without them suspecting a thing. Including an enhanced translation program, an anti-gravity device and a force- field projector, the device was both camouflage and protection.The Brutes are divided into two genders, so I have made one for each. They must never fall into the hands of the Brutes, for they would give them too much power,” instructed the Science Officer.The best laid plans of mice, men and strange inter-galactic races often go awry.It was many, many years later that Kenneth found the torc. Would he ever be able to discover the secrets held within it, and which one did he find?

    Many planets had human colonies upon them, and most were thriving. Earth was a distant memory for some, and yet for others the old planet remained the centre of the Commonwealth. Peace had settled on earth for a long time. With the exception of the small Commonwealth Defence Force, Man had forgotten how to fight.Into this time of relative tranquillity they came from somewhere else. No man had ever seen them, and, due to their advanced technology, no man was ever likely to see them. Some years before they'd stripped the human colony of Gallup and destroyed the planet on leaving, leaving few survivors drifting in space. They disappeared into the darkness before anyone could react. All the Commonwealth could do was pick up the survivors.One of these survivors was a traumatised young woman called Natasha Mackay. Her family, friends, home and world had been destroyed, while she retreated into the darkest recesses of her own mind, focussed solely on revenge and death.Gallup was a long way from earth, and then, as now, the politicians preferred to ignore the events, hoping that they would not repeat. But, they came back.This time to another far-flung colony on Karunda, the aliens landed and prepared to repeat what happened on Gallup. The locals, with a small Commonwealth force put up one heck of a struggle to prevent them. They were losing.Many years earlier, on Planet Earth, soldier Peter Bryant meets what he believes is his untimely and ignominious death while driving his car badly. Whilst in pain and not really functioning properly, his world explodes.He wakens in hospital. Only all around him believe that he's someone called Natasha Mackay and that she has just won the first battle against their unknown foe.He discovers that he is inside a female body and that somehow he is now many centuries in the future. Like him, Natasha is a soldier, but it is a very different war she is fighting. Not only does she face the unknown alien enemy, but also the demons in her own mind – a mind that is shared by the ghost of Peter Bryant and memories of horrors that she has conveniently forgotten.Just who is she?The new Natasha has to claw her way to sanity, while acutely aware that she must never permit anyone to get a glimpse of the impossible truth.

    He writes original songs, plays lead guitar, and wears his death metal front-man persona like armor. With an excellent drummer and a talented bassist, his band, KnifeSwitch, has what it takes to succeed, if they can just catch a break. But it’s been a long road already, and there’s still a mountain left to climb. Carlos isn’t looking for anything more in his personal life than an occasional hook-up with a hot guy, preferably outside the less-than-gay-friendly metal scene.Nate Goldstein has no intention of dating a musician. His twin brother fronts a band, and he knows band guys are all busy, broke, and obsessed with their music. But Carlos catches his artist’s eye. Nate is wary - he has a history of picking the wrong guys. Still, he might be willing to break some personal rules to find out what’s behind Carlos’s dark gaze and imaginative lyrics.Getting together the first time is easy and fun. The second time is more complicated. And when music, ambition, and personalities clash, the guys will have to decide if they have a future worth fighting for.This story was written as a part of the M/M Romance Group's "Love is an Open Road" event. Group members were asked to write a story prompt inspired by a photo of their choice. Authors of the group selected a photo and prompt that spoke to them and wrote a short story. Dear Author,I was sent to the US at the age of 10 by my father who could not accept me. You see I was misgendered at birth and I started fighting against my body at a young age. My father sent me to live with my cousin’s family along with enough money to pay my way for a few years. Little does he know he helped to fund the many surgeries and hormones to fulfill my dream of having my outside gender match the gender my brain has always known myself to be.What do you think Author? Not many know of his secret. He is a gay man. Is he in a gang? Is he in a band? How will he find love? How will he be accepted?Photo Description: A young bare-chested man stands staring boldly outward from below his raised arms, hands pressed together in his black hair, elbows winged out, colorful dagger tattoos on his forearms. Another tattoo near his neck forms swirl of dark curves with “Boy” over his left collarbone. His biceps are strong, his stomach and pecs flat, his nipples small, above a thin treasure trail leading downward. Below each nipple is the unmistakable, long-healed scar of top surgery.This story may contain sexually explicit content and is intended for adult readers. It may contain content that is disagreeable or distressing to some readers. The M/M Romance Group strongly recommends that each reader review the General Information section before each story for story tags as well as for content warnings.

    When Jaelyn discovers her and tries to help her, a forbidden and lust-soaked love grows between them. The romance between the futanari and the octogirl is both touching and crazy hot. Liana knows what to do with her tentacles and she loves Jaelyn's futanari anatomy! But Jaelyn has to keep Liana a secret from the authorities, including a jealous, dominating futanari doctor who wants Jaelyn for herself. She calls Jaelyn in to submit to her medical "testing." Can their love survive vicious jealousy and a brutal dystopian authority? Who can she trust and who will betray her? You never know where love is going to come from… or how strong it will be. Warning: reading this book will make you wish you were a futanari. It will make you wish octogirls were real.

    When Emma meets Markus, a soft-spoken Dominant, he agrees to guide her through his world as she becomes more than curious. As Emma and Markus' friendship deepens, she discovers that her deepest, darkest desires are beginning to surface. Emma suddenly realizes that she is not the person she thought she was and it threatens to destroy her picturesque life she has with her husband and children. Emma struggles to find herself, but Markus wants to bring her deeper into his world where he knows she belongs and he can make her his own.

    This seemingly sweet and naive young woman turns out to have an unexpected dark side, and a penchant for blackmail. At the same time, Stephanie faces a boss who demands that she sleep with him if she wants to keep her job. How will Loren and Stephanie get out of these messes?For Mature Audiences Only

    Chris just goes through life until Mandy, his one friend, points out that his life would be better as a girl. In fact, Mandy believes that Chris’s true self is female. Chris has never thought he was transgender but medical tests prove that Chris is actually intersex, a genetic variation. With the support of his mother and Mandy, Chris begins the transition to living as Lauren. This includes going to school as a girl, dealing with classmates and teachers, making new friends, and discovering her truest self.

    Alex, already in a poor psychological state, repressed, and self-harming has had a breakdown. What makes things worse is that his father was on the verge of bankruptcy and leaves no estate. Alex is left penniless. He has left university where he studies fashion and stays with his eccentric aunt and uncle. He realises that he needs to resume his education and be with younger people and his old friend Gemma offers him a room in the house she shares with two other girls. Alex meets the perceptive, rich and exciting Jacqueline and his life will never be the same again. Jacqueline sees right through him and soon Alex has become Zandra but not everyone can cope with the change.

    When her grandmother passes away, she returns home, and while she intends to stay only for the funeral, her grandmother has other plans - from the grave. Her will states that Lydia must remain in Prairie Town for six months in order to give her family and her old town a chance to get to know the new her, the real her.Lydia has had years to adjust to long hair, summer dresses, and nail polish, but she understands her family will need time to get reacquainted with a daughter they've never known and a sister they've missed terribly. Anticipating the worst, as she always has, Lydia's feelings about her old town begin to change when she meets her brother's best friend, Callum. Callum is kind and more accepting than she could have ever imagined, and she's falling for him.When her 180 days are over, will she be able to say good-bye to the family she's missed so much? Will she survive her mother's endless intolerance? Can she really leave the man who acknowledges her past and still wants her?A note from the author: This is a story about a transgender girl and her journey to acceptance and love when she returns to her hometown. Within this book you will be introduced to characters who color outside the lines, and that's just how they like it. I implore you to give them a chance because we are all beautiful and unique in our own ways, and we all deserve love and happiness.

    They must leave everything behind—their possessions and their past—in a desperate attempt to survive. To throw the killers off their trail, they buy false identities from a shady dealer. But there’s a problem—the only identities available for the boys are as middle-school girls. The horror of being caught by the killers convinces them to unwillingly masquerade as girls and continue running. But changing cities, names, ages, clothing, and even their gender, can’t keep the truth from themselves—they never really were the people they thought they were. They make a Pact to stay boys, no matter what they’re wearing or what their new names might be. But Tommy finds that acting like a girl has stopped being an act, that he may be transgender, while Bill doesn’t want any part of the masquerade. Meanwhile, the killers get closer … A companion to the books Desperate Measures and The Network.

    Instead, it changed his life in ways he never could have imagined. After partaking in a sacred ceremony by the Amazonian tribe he discovered, everything in his life changes, including his very own body. What should have been an occasion for joy becomes a trauma Geoff must work through. His only hope for returning his life back to normal is finding the answers that lie in unraveling the mysteries of the tribe before he can return to it.

    is to become one yourself Ashlyn's life changes forever one night in a New York City back alley. Just before dawn she stumbles across a grievously wounded vampire. Ashlyn overhears the attackers reveal they're trying to kill her because she's a futanari. She makes the fateful decision to help the beautiful redhead. Ever since science made it possible, Ashlyn wanted to be a futa. They're despised and persecuted by society, so when she sees one in trouble, she feels compelled to help. Gathering up the wounded vampire in her arms, she hurries home to her nearby apartment, sparing the girl from being burned to ash by the rising sun. Vampires need blood, and futanari vampires need sex… lots of sex. Ashlyn enters into a Master/submissive relationship with the beautiful but wounded vampire, Musette Vaillancourt, becoming her "pet." Ashlyn becomes a human predator, seducing victims and bringing them home for her injured lover to drink their blood. But that's only the beginning. Ashlyn enters into a life beyond her wildest dreams. She gets what she's always wanted… and so much more. All sexual fantasies fulfilled. All secret, dark impulses acted upon. Nothing is forbidden to the immortal undead. The rules and laws of mortals don't matter to them. They are lions among the sheep. But Musette's former vampire master finds out her pet is still alive. Ashlyn can barely contain her jealousy as they are reunited. The appearance of Musette's master brings a dangerous threat, however: the vampire coven Musette's master belongs to. Ashlyn finds herself fighting both for her life and her love with Musette… and not everything may survive.

     Two best friends living next door to each other since they were five. One matures to become the outward definition of normal, and one struggles but falls short. Together they start a journey of discovery and uncover a meaning far greater than the socially popular interpretation, and through their mutual caring, come to understand the deeper conflicts facing those who fall short of accepted norms. This is the story of their lives together, as they try to fit a definition that eludes more than our society acknowledges ...how their friendship turns into a love that ends up defining their lives. A story about what unconditional love and acceptance truly mean as they spend the rest of their lives trying to fit the definition of normal. This 2 book story is about unconditional love and an example of how to love someone different. Come take a closer look at a greater definition of normal. The journey might just help you release a current unfounded paradigm or two. Adult version. Contains scenes of intimacy

    At first, Ciara thinks that Bart is just a guy with a quirk, but as their relationship deepens, she starts to realize and love Veronica for who she really is.

    This is her/his story, a journey of self-discovery. It starts with a one-month-old baby deserted in front of a church who grows up in an orphanage. While exploring her/his body as a teenager, she accidentally makes herself pregnant. Fearful of discovery, she leaves the mid-West for the big city, Los Angeles. She starts to have visions and realizes she is both herself, and the baby she is carrying. Her intellect increases during the pregnancy.She falls prey to the big city, getting sucked into prostitution. A hermaphrodite is in demand, a novelty for the rich and powerful. She becomes their plaything and seeks revenge. Alex evolves, turning the tables on the elite, becoming a very young rich widow. A second baby opens her mind further, but life becomes tangled when the Mob gets involved.

    A collection populated by the circus-like bodies and experiences of a narrator navigating rural pasts and urban presents, Sideshow Concessions is the unofficial story of someone who is both a bearded lady and the fattest man in the world.Lucas Crawford is from rural Nova Scotia and is based in Vancouver. Crawford's poetry has been published widely, including in the Literary Review of Canada, The Antigonish Review, Room, PRISM International, and Best Canadian Poetry (2015). Crawford is the R.W.W. Junior Chair of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies at Simon Fraser University. Transgender Architectonics (2015) is Crawford's book of scholarly essays.

     It's the World of Allmyth, a gender-fluid world of magic and danger, where the boys may be pixies and the girls knights in shining armor. This 36,000 word novella contains sex-changes, body-swaps, mind alterations and some steamy sex-reversed R-Rated sex scenes. Excerpt: Nari laughed and grabbed her boyfriend Ravi's wrists, pinning his arms above his head. Ravu struggled, grunting prettily, but she was too strong for him, and he settled back as she stared into his face, her breath hot against his cheek. Ravi tilted his hips up, pushed his knees apart, his long black hair spread out around his head. Nari let go of his arms and sat back ,looking down at his full brown breasts, the nipples hard, his small arms and round shoulders. He was a vision of womanhood, ripe and soft and radiant with feminine perfection. Ravi licked his lips and looked up at Nari with wet, cloudy eyes full of desire. "Take me," Ravi whispered in his soft, pretty voice. "Now."

    She has a beautiful home; a wonderful group of friends; and a gorgeous gentleman who loves and accepts her for who she is. Now, all of that is on the line as Kirsty and James become embroiled in a fight to protect their home, their position in the community, and even their relationship with each other. Note: this is book two in the Staying Her series of novels, revolving around the story of James and Kirsty, a straight man and a transgendered woman. This book contains strong religious themes. 24,000 words.

    With the help of his narco father's connections, he has a PI license, a twilight existence tracking down errant husbands and missing persons. When his mother prevails upon him to help find a missing gringa, the search is not so much for the missing girl as it is for Ernesto himself: a trip that will find him slogging through the resort towns of the Mexican Pacific, the hills of Guerrero, the back streets of Mexico City, guerrilla territory and into the mysteries of identity and gender.From the publisher: Bicultural and transgender, detective Ernesto Sánchez seeks a missing Canadian woman on Mexico’s Pacific coast. Moving uneasily in a world where benign tourism co-exists with extreme violence, he becomes a pawn in a shadowy power-play between corrupt police and drug cartels. Forced to make hard choices – desperate, wounded, and friendless – Sánchez takes refuge in the lawless mountains of Oaxaca. And discovers his fate

    The trouble is, when is a win truly a win—and when is a win the worst thing that could happen to you? Jimmy Brewer is a middle school boy. Everyone knows he is small and bullied, but nobody knows he is transgender. Then, with the help of a loving mother, friend, and doctor, Jimmy begins exploring life as the girl she should have been all along. And then Mrs. Brewer wins the lottery, and everything changes. People who were strangers want to be friends. People who were friends, aren’t. What was impossible is now possible, but it’s also possible that a criminal from the past will destroy the new mother and daughter’s future.

    They start dating, things are going well...and then he finds out that Mia was born Mark, and his concept of what constitutes relationships not to mention sexuality goes out the window. However, Mia has that certain something about her, and Nolan does his best to understand as he genuinely cares for her. Their relationship develops after a series of stops and starts, but when Mia is inadvertently outed on a social website, she and Nolan have to run the gamut of emotions as well as deal with the inevitable reaction to her being transgender. It is only then, that Nolan learns the true meaning of commitment.

    But Sky? More than six feet of champion male athlete and he wants to be a girl? How is that going to work? Can even Peaches help? Are Sky's hopes too high?

    Heath is a faithless priest working as an assassin for hire, paired with a sentient sword. Jessa, the last daughter in a long line of Thrycean tyrants, is a timid young woman seeking to escape her domineering mother, Satryn. Rivern, the greatest city in the Protectorate, is a place of arcane magic and mechanical wonders that has stood for five hundred years as a bulwark against the tyrannical Stormlords of Thrycea. But Riven's strong foundation is beginning to crack. People are dying in their sleep, the dead are walking the streets, refugees are flooding the city, and a mysterious Harbinger has returned with dire omens that could mean the end of the Protectorate. Murder, magic and politics create a menacing tangle that the three must resolve before the Protectorate is crushed. But first they must save each other.

    It describes an extensive study that fills the current gap in Australian research on the specific experiences and beliefs about transition for contemporary Australian FtM transgender people. Following an overview of current literature on the various aspects of and approaches to transgender issues, this briefs describes in detail the design, participants and findings of the study. The Briefs offers useful statistics and stories related to participants' identities, education, health, sexual and social lives. It ends with recommendations to all those working in the various offices and institutions that FtM transgender people encounter in their everyday life, and represents and invaluable resource for researchers, service providers and gender diverse communities alike."

    With the North American Republics on the brink of war, Ida flees her home and joins a carnival to pursue her dreams.There she meets tomboy steam engine mechanic Duffy Hollowood. Though they become fast friends, Duffy has her own secrets. As their troubled pasts catch up with them, will Ida and Duffy make an escape together, or will they take their chances alone?

    When Nicole comes out, her family is very accepting but Becky feels threatened by her new sister. She does everything possible to snub her sister, hurting her in the process. This portrait of an unusual family is the touching story of how one girl deals with having a transgendered sibling, the struggles they share, how they find common ground and learn to love one another again. Reviews- "Review by: 5amm1 on Dec. 07, 2015 : TISSUE ALERT I enjoyed this story mainly because it was creatively told from the point of view of her sister, with exerts of flashback and sections of Nicole's diary. (reviewed within a week of purchase) Review by: Elizah PT on Dec. 06, 2015 : How should I put this?: This is a very emotional story on the life of Nicole who was born a boy but with a girl soul. Be prepared to shed some tears for Nicole. This story will bring you through the childhood, schools, friendships, traumatic events, love, despair and more. This story emphasized the important of family support and understanding for a child especially a special child like Nicole. In my opinion, it was beautifully written and I recommend "A must read for those who support LOVE and Compassion". For parents or parent- to be, this is a good story to learn about unconditional love for your own child. Peace :)"

    Swapping identities solves all their problems. Or does it? Johnny is eleven years old and depressed since he believes himself to be the cause of his father's departure with another woman. His mother knows better, but, with the bank account also gone with her husband, she is desperate and gladly accepts a job offer on the other side of the country. Together with his mother and his twin sister Jennifer, Johnny finds himself thrust into a new life. Before Johnny awakes on his first day in an empty new house, he strangely dreams of being a beautiful princess in a fairy tale setting. When he wakes, however, he can't escape his enduring guilt over his father. He volunteers to escort his sister, who loves baseball, to a local park where she had noticed a baseball game in progress. Bored by the game, Johnny instead sees the most beautiful girl in the world sitting only feet away. At first, Johnny's biggest obstacle to meeting the beautiful girl is the skilled baseball player she adores. But then the nice neighbor next door donates a box of second-hand girl's clothes for Jennifer, and the yellow dress she pulls out in front of her brother is the spark that releases the dream princess within him. Jennifer rejects the clothes as too 'girly' and instead disguises herself as a boy to sneak onto the 'boys only' baseball teams. Meanwhile, the princess within Johnny emerges as a beautiful girl. Soon everyone around them knows them as Jenny, the sweetheart girl, and Jack, the macho athlete, everyone, that is, except for their mother. Jenny faces new problems, including the lingering personality of Johnny, but whether it's getting along with new friends, keeping Johnny's old friends at bay, dodging enemies, or falling in love, Jenny is continually inspired by dreams of the princess within.

    The races of elves, dwarves, and satyrs have disappeared, and now too the dragons. Few acknowledge the change, though the decreased power of each new generation of magi is undeniable. Can the remaining races unite to determine the cause and reverse it? Or will they find it is not at all what it seems? Opprobrium: The Dregs, ancient wraiths jumping from host to host, have invaded the island of Merith with their werewolf servants. Fleeing the invasion and their own country’s Army, four Merithians discover many secrets in the shadows and the truth of Merith’s lies. Aided by elves, mercenaries, satyrs, and piks, these young Merithians learn why it is imperative to the entire world that they escape.

    She is a poet whose talent cannot be paralleled. A trans-woman who writes frankly about her personal trials and tribulations. A confident, self-assured woman that any man would fall in love with. She quickly becomes a rising star within the university's English department.But Professor Williamson is old fashioned. He doesn't have affairs with students. Even after she graduates, he still cannot bring himself to take their relationship to the next level. But Tomiko's determined to change all of that. After a little wine and some light flirting, she makes her first move... which leads to a little toe-curling, hair-tugging fun for everyone! This 6,700+ word story contains adult material that may not be suitable for all audiences. It contains explicit depictions of sexual acts. All characters are at least 18 years of age, and this story is intended for mature audiences.