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Index
Copyright Page
Title Page
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Foreword
Glossary
Introduction
Robert Hamblin: My name is…
Leo’s story - “ A boy in my dreams and imagination ”
Charl’s story - “ Back in the 70s there was no support ”
Prier’s story - “ For a short time I seemed to be a woman, my face felt soft ”
Lyndsay’s story - “ Gender for me has always been a complex question”
Kgaogelo’s story - “ Gogos would refer to me as ngwaninyana ”
Marlene’s story - “ I felt lonely trying to be a man”
Vanya’s story - “ I’m a full woman ”
Vanya’s mother’s story - “ Let your child be ”
Petra D’s story - “ I’m an in-between person”
Laura’s story - “ I was sewing the world together”
Alex’s story - “ It’s not a penis that makes a man”
Charlie’s story - “ It is all about what’s in your heart ”
Chantelle’s story - “Living close to the edge”
Lester’s story - “ Living it out ”
Tebogo’s story - “ My ancestor was living through me”
Joy’s story - “ Now I make my own maps ”
Robert’s story - “ OH! This is what it’s like to feel normal”
Amanda Watson: Real Life…
Angelique’s story - “Sent back to the DRC”
Candice’s story - “Smooth-sailing”
Liesl Theron: The SOFFA perspective
The participants:
What was our sexual orientation before and after we met our FTM partners?
How did we react to our partners’ disclosure of their trans status?
How did our families react?
And friends?
What do we think about having babies?
Our final comments
“ This testosterone thing is opening doors”
FTMs reflect on issues related to culture and masculinity
“They would rather I’d stayed a butch lesbian”
“Did they protect your masculinity as you were growing up?”
“At your new job, who do they know you as?”
“The absolute tenderness of men”
“What is the transition like for a Jewish FTM?”
“I need to be in stealth in some areas”
“Since I’ve started testosterone…”
“You’re still holding back by refusing to have a hysterectomy”
Simone’s story - “ Three of us took on the entire system”
Zama’s story - “To be the best man I can be”
Zama’s brother’s story - “ I kept him close, I befriended him”
Zana’s story - “ Yes Mama, I want to be a woman”
Nazmah’s story - “ You could see the girl shining out ”
Terrick’s story - “ Your body isn’t who you are, it’s what you’re in ”
Keisha’s story - “ When you please everybody else you destroy yourself ”
Making sense of the silences: A group discussion
The interference of medical and allied professionals
Sex
Having children
Family relationships pre- and post-transition
Negotiating spirituality
Suicide
Self mutilation
Life after transition
Stealth
Epilogue
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