Just Add Hormones: An Insider's Guide To The Transsexual Experience

Matt Kailey lived as a straight woman for the first forty-two years of his life and then he changed. With the help of a good therapist chest surgery and some strong doses of testosterone Kailey began living life as the man hed always wanted to be. In Just Add Hormones he answers all the questions youve ever had about what its like to live as a transsexual.Parts of Just Add Hormones dwell wittily on the authors own experiences . . . other chapters offer a cheeky insiders discussion of pesky pronouns pants-packing bathroom blues and on-the-job jitters. But the real worth of Just Add Hormones stems from its thoughtful analysis?at times philosophical at times political and at times polemical?of a life-changing decision. ?Richard Labonte Q Syndicate A heartfelt plea for mainstream American society to understand accept and support gender diversity . . . Kailey describes all with frankness engaging his reader with honesty and a touch of humor. ?Kirkus ReviewsThis book is a natural for the gender issues shelves. ?BooklistAnyone who has ever contemplated is just curious about or finds him or herself in the midst of gender transformation will appreciate and applaud this extraordinary comprehensive journal. Both informative and quite fascinating Kailey delivers his life story with a compassionate eye and a true heart. ?Jim Piechota Bay Area ReporterMatt Kailey is an author journalist public speaker and female-to-male transsexual. A former social worker he now writes and speaks on issues of gender and sexuality. Kailey lives in Denver Colorado.