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'Transgender
AtoZ' “The
TG reference BIBLE for every handbag” by Vicky Lee
Welcome to my new
book. 'Transgender
AtoZ' I
hope this book and the new associated website will be your invaluable
guide to all the events, shops, services and places to go on the current
transgender scene world-wide. It contain listings, pictures and Personal
Reports from around the world. This book IS a travel guide, but far more
importantly It is an inspiration - as it clearly shows that cross-dressing
and transgendered people exist in abundance world-wide.
www.trangenderatoz.com
is a new web site that I have created to be the ON LINE (internet) version
of this book. This web site (uniquely) is maintained interactively by
those that create TG friendly events and offer shops, services and places
to go, directly via the internet. While YOU the readers can add your news,
reviews and pictures. For those services without internet access we will
offer to upload listings and news that we receive by post. I have invested
a lot of time and money in this web site I hope that readers make it their
own and carry on the work started by the ‘Tranny Guide’ back in those
pre-internet days in 1993.
"Aiming to provide
an awareness of the scale, and diversity" - 30 to 40 years ago I remember
the pain of thinking I was the only person in the world with transgender
thoughts running around in my mind. At that time I had no name for my
thoughts but I knew I had to be careful who I shared them with. When I
found that there were people like me in every area in the world I was
amazed and inspired. Times have changed.
As I have received
reports year by year they have become more positive more confident more
full of joy. We are beginning to find our TG role models. Gender stereotypes
are blurring (more, I must say, by the actions of women seeking their
equality rights, than men or transgendered peoples activity). I do not
expect that after reading this book every reader will start travelling
the world in a frock to greet far flung "sisters.” Instead I hope that
knowledge of the sheer magnitude of the global cross-dressing community
will help YOU feel more at ease with your (or those around you’s) feelings.
This book is not just
for transgendered people. A diverse and growing range of people find the
subject fascinating. Students of sociology and psychology will find the
contents useful. Gender including transgender studies is a frequent subject
on the curriculum for a number of degree courses. The media (television,
magazine etc.) are continually referring to my books whilst researching
articles and programmes. One particular group of readers who are particularly
welcomed to this book are the wives and partners of transgender people
and cross-dressers. You may be struggling to understand your partner’s
feelings and desires or looking for new ways to enjoy the TG scene.
We have done all we
can to ensure accuracy and include all the opportunities that we can find.
We have researched listings in this book by phone and email. We have assumed
in some cases that well maintained web sites indicate a functioning service.
However inevitably over the life of this publication some services will
go out of business or change name and contact details. The omission of
any service is no indication of any comment or censorship it is purely
an honest omission. This is why, in this, ever maturing, age of the internet,
I have now invested a large amount of time and money to provide for you
with the associated new web site resource. I hope you will enjoy interacting
with this new web site and help us provide an even more accurate listings
service in the future. www.trangenderatoz.com
Personal Profiles
of individuals are an important part of this book. My correspondents have
answered an extensive set of questions and the comparison of their answers
along with their pictures teaches us all SO much about transgender and
even more about diversity.
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