Just Add Hormones: An Insider's Guide to the Transsexual Experience

by Matt Kailey

Book Overview

Matt Kailey lived as a straight woman for the first forty-two years of his life. Though happy as a social worker and teacher, he knew something wasn't right. Then he made some changes. With the help of a good therapist, chest surgery, and some strong doses of testosterone, Kailey began his journey toward becoming a man.

As his body morphed and his voice dropped, Kailey began noticing subtle shifts in the way he was treated. Men suddenly stopped...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807079596
• ISBN13: 9780807079591
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Must Have

This is a perfect book for anyone who is trans or knows someone who is.

Just Add Hormones: An Insider's Guide to the Transsexual Experience

Outstanding reference. Although fearing that this would be an FTM dissertation, Matt provides a very neutral synopsis of what is reality for the transgendered -- clouding the issues with FTM experiences only because Matt was FTM and has only that experience to draw upon. This is one of my primary references along with another copy purchased for my support group library and wide dissemination of recommendation for others to read.

Informative, Yet Easy to Read

I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a better understanding of the trangendered and transsexual (particularly transmen). As a man in transition, I feel as if Matt Kailey has been reading my mind (or my journal), and he also gave me an idea of what's ahead for me. I have recommended it to all my friends who want to learn more about this part of my life. Good job, Matt.

A Good Read for Any Persuasion

This book was a great help in understanding transgenderism. In addition, it is a compelling read, humorous, touching and engrossing.

Trans-cendent

So often booka written about a lived experience can frustate and even alienate. The reader is made to feel like an outsider. I am pleased to say that JUST ADD HORMONES does't only reach out, it embraces. All the awkward and intimate questions about what it means to be trans are answered. It's an INSIDER guide but it is not cliquey. It is personal but it is not embarrassing. It is funny and smart and warm. Recommonded reading for anyone of any gender. So says this man.