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Highlights from the New Book Shelves

Five Books on Transgender

Transgender History: The Roots of Today’s Revolution.
Stryker, Susan.
Trans/Portraits: Voices from Transgender Communities.
- Shultz, Jackson Wright.
Before I Had the Words: On Being a Transgender Young Adult.
- Kergil, Skylar.
True Sex: The Lives of Trans Men at the Turn of the Century.
- Skidmore, Emily.
Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter?
- Davis Heath Fogg

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