Woman I Was Not Born To Be : a Transsexual Journey.

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Told with humor and flair, this is the autobiography of one transsexual's wild ride from boyhood as Alfred Brevard (""Buddy"") Crenshaw in rural Tennessee to voluptuous female entertainer in Hollywood. Aleshia Brevard, as she is now known, underwent transitional surgery in L...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brevard, Aleshia
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Brevard, Aleshia, > 1937-2017.
Brevard, Aleshia, > 1937-
Brevard, Aleshia, > 1937-2017
Transsexuals > United States > Biography.
Transgender people.
Gender nonconformity.
Gender transition.
Transsexuels > États-Unis > Biographies.
Transgenres.
Transgenrisme.
Transition de genre.
transgenderism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Transsexuals.
United States.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Told with humor and flair, this is the autobiography of one transsexual's wild ride from boyhood as Alfred Brevard (""Buddy"") Crenshaw in rural Tennessee to voluptuous female entertainer in Hollywood. Aleshia Brevard, as she is now known, underwent transitional surgery in Los Angeles in 1962, one of the first such operations in the United States. (The famous sexual surgery pioneer Harry Benjamin himself broke the news to Brevard's parents.)Under the stage name Lee Shaw, Brevard worked as a drag queen at Finocchio's, a San Francisco club, doing Marilyn Monroe impersonations. (Like.
Physical Description:1 online resource (270 pages)
ISBN:9781439905272
1439905274

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