Cover of My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely

My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely

Kate Bornstein brings theory down to Earth and provides a practical guide to living with or without a gender. The workbook includes quizzes and exercises that determine how much of a man or woman you are, and gives you the tools to reach whatever point you desire on the gender continuum. If you don't think you are transgendered when you sit down to read this book, you will be by the time you finish it!

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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