I get to teach this stuff!

In addition to Jason Cromwell's book, Transmen and FTMs: Identities, Bodies, Genders, and Sexualities. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1999, this is what I'm teaching to my Intro to LGBT Studies class this Spring 2006 semester. How fun is that!



Abelove et al. “Introduction.” The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader. New York: Routledge, 1993. xv-xvii.

Pharr, Suzanne. “Homophobia and Sexism.” Women: Images and Realities. 2nd ed. Ed. Kesselman et al. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1999. 338-342.

Weeks, Jeffrey. “The Challenge of Lesbian and Gay Studies.” Lesbian and Gay Studies: An Introductory, Interdisciplinary Approach. Ed. Theo Sandfort, Judith Schuyf, Jan Willem Duyvendak, & Jeffrey Weeks. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2000. 1-13.

Schuyf, Judith and Theo Sandfort. “Conclusion: Gay and Lesbian Studies at the Crossroads.” Lesbian and Gay Studies. 215-227.

Weston, Kath. “The Bubble, the Burn, and the Simmer.” Long Slow Burn: Sexuality and Social Science. New York: Routledge, 1998. 1-27.

Blasingame, Brenda Marie. “The Roots of Biphobia: Racism and Internalized Heterosexism.” Closer to Home: Bisexuality and Feminism. Ed. Elizabeth Reba Weise. Seattle: Seal Press, 1992. 47-53.

Blumstein, Philip W. and Pepper Schwartz. “Bisexuality: Some Social Psychological Issues.” Psychological Perspectives on Lesbian and Gay Male Experiences. Ed. Linda D. Garnets and Douglas C. Kimmel. New York: Columbia University Press, 1993. 168-183.

Dahir, Mubarak. “Whose Movement Is It?” The Advocate. 25 May 1999: 50+

Feinberg, Leslie. “We Are All Works in Progress.” Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue. Boston: Beacon Press, 1998. 1-13.

Dreger, Alice. “Why Do We Need ISNA?” ISNA News. May 2001. 13 Feb 2002


Fausto-Sterling, Anne. “‘That Sexe Which Prevaileth.’” Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality. New York: Basic Books, 2000. 30-44.

Wilchins, Riki. “Queerer Bodies.” GenderQueer: Voices From Beyond the
Sexual Binary. Ed. Joan Nestle, Clare Howell, and Riki Wilchins. Los Angeles: Alyson Books, 2002. 33-46.

Wilchins, Riki. “Changing the Subject.” GenderQueer. 47-54.

Wilchins, Riki. “Deconstructing Trans.” GenderQueer. 55-63.

Gross, Larry & James D. Woods. “Causes and Cures: The Etiology Debate.” Columbia Reader on Lesbians & Gay Men in Media, Society, & Politics. Ed. Larry Gross & James D. Woods. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. 185-189.

Whisman, Vera. “Dear Abby, ‘The Gay Agenda,’ and the New York Times.” Queer by Choice: Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Politics of Identity. New York: Routledge, 1996. 1-10.

Irvine, Janice. “Boys Will Be Girls: Sexology and Homosexuality.” Columbia Reader on Lesbians & Gay Men in Media, Society, & Politics. 191-200.

Udis-Kessler, Amanda. “Appendix: Notes on the Kinsey Scale and Other Measures of Sexuality.” Closer to Home. 311-318.

Rust, Paula C. “Sexual Identity and Bisexual Identities: The Struggle for Self-Description in a Changing Sexual Landscape.” Queer Studies. 64-86.

Somerville, Siobhan. “Scientific Racism and the Invention of the Homosexual Body.” Queer Studies. 241-261.

Gross & Woods. “Inventing Sin: Religion and the Church.” Columbia Reader on
Lesbians & Gay Men in Media, Society, & Politics. 119-123.

Gomes, Peter J. “Homophobic? Re-Read Your Bible.” Columbia Reader on Lesbians & Gay Men in Media, Society, & Politics. 138-139.

Tilley, Reade. “Holy Reckoning” Pride 03: The Official Magazine of San Francisco LGBT Pride. 2003: 277-280.

Savage, Todd. “Costly Trans-Action.” The Advocate. 25 May 1999: 64+.

Munson, Michael. “Partners Interfacing with Healthcare Professionals.” SOFFAs Interfacing with Health Care Professionals. November 2001. FORGE. 13 Feb 2002


Cook-Daniels, Loree. “Families of Trans People and Health Care Professionals.” SOFFAs Interfacing with Health Care Professionals. November 2001. FORGE. 13 Feb 2002

Dreger, Alice. “Notes on the Treatment of Intersex.”

Feinberg, Leslie. “I Can’t Afford to Get Sick.” Trans Liberation. 79-87.

Vaid, Urvashi. “Divided We Stand.” Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation. New York: Doubleday, 1995. 274-306.

Vaid, Urvashi. “Politics and Power.” Virtual Equaity. 210-237.

Smith, Nadine. “Three Marches, Many Lessons.” Creating Change: Sexuality, Public Policy, and Civil Rights. Ed. John D’Emilio, William B. Turner, and Urvashi Vaid. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000. 438-450.

Frye, Phyllis Randolph, Esq. “Facing Discrimination, Organizing for Freedom: The Transgender Community.” Creating Change. 451-468.

McBride, Dwight A. “The New Black Studies, or Beyond the Old ‘Race Man.’” Why I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch: Essays on Race and Sexuality. New York: New York University Press, 2005. 17-31.

Solot, Dorian & Marshall Miller. “Unmarried Bisexuals: Distinct Voices on Marriage and Family.” Journal of Bisexuality, vol. 1, no. 4, 2001: 81-90.

Price, Margaret. “Artificial Assimilation: Representational Politics of the Gayby Boom.” Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture. No. 22, 2003: 59-67.