Reviewed by Sabrina Samone
Lately, for many recent personal reasons, this book caught
my attention. As transgender people, we are the first to know and to understand
that gender does not equal sexuality. Even I, as a young trans-woman that was
only exposed to a typical trans-heterosexual relationship with a Cis-gender
person was a little taken aback at first to the variations of partnering that
goes on in the Trans community. Even as a member of the transgender community, I
had to educate myself about the various sexual orientations.
Transgender deals only with gender and within that group
that makes up maybe 3% of the world’s population, within us is the entire
spectrum of sexuality and sexual orientations. I have never came across a book
that touched on this subject and dared tried to explore the various avenues for
sexuality that are truly unique to the trans community. It’s possible to say it
s one of the many special gifts unique to transgender people, because
sexuality, in a transgender world, can be explored in as many ways known to man
and few that are unique to only us.
Trans-Love: Radical Sex, Love & Relationships beyond the
Gender Binary, is a collection from editor Morty Diamond. An intense personal
and sexy that is far more than just about sex. It explores the many ways of
navigating the love and self across the gender spectrum. With contributions
from filmmaker Silas Howard, writer Max Valerio, author and performer Julia
Seramo, author Sassafras Lowery, activist Bryn Kelly, Sister Spit’s Cooper Lee
Bombardier and musician Shawna Virago.
“This is where sex and gender collide; they ricochet like
fragments of heart rending shrapnel. Rarely has a book about lust been full of
so much love, conflict, and intelligence.
If you think you already know what’s in these stories, or you think you
don’t need to know, you’re wrong,” said Patrick Califa, author of Sex Changes:
The Politics of Transgenderism.
Exploring the crossroads of gender and sexuality, Trans/Love:
Radical Sex, Love & Relationships beyond the Gender Binary offers
unusually engaging narratives that create a raw and honest depiction of dating,
sex, love, and relationships among members of the gender variant community.
FTM, MTF, third gender, gender queer, and other non-traditional identities
beyond the gender binary of traditional male and female are included in this
often heartwarming, occasionally heartbreaking, always heartfelt groundbreaking
anthology. From monogamous love and marriage to anonymous sex and one-night
hook-ups (and everything in between), these stories offer readers insight into
the precarious emotional and practical mechanics of intimacy among
gender-variant experiences.
Within the 155 pages is an interesting mix of essays by
people who push gender boundaries. It’s
frank, funny, tender, vulnerable, tough, fierce and heartwarming. This
book debunks the myth that a transgender
person’s sexual partners is limited but proves the contrary that we may in fact
have the most options of any gender or sexual orientation. It is a Celebration of the fact that indeed we
are the best of both worlds.
If you think you have read all there is to cover the
Transgender experience this book will live you feeling you just began to
understand what it can truly mean to be Transgender. It does truly laugh out
loud funny, you will drop this book to scream laughing and call a friend to
tell them what you’ve just read. It’s dead on, each story you may be able to
relate or know a friend or a social network friend that is Trans that is going
through something similar. Transmuseplanet highly recommends this to all in the
community our admirers and Cis-genders seeking or in relationships with someone
Transgender.
Below you can click the names of few of the various artist to watch you tube video of them reading their contributions in the bookMorty Diamond
1 comment:
Sounds exciting and captivating..i will def have to check this one out! Great article..very well written Sabrina. Thanks for introducing me to new things I wouldn't have taken the time ti notice.
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