Books
Not a comprehensive list - rather, these are the books that Dr. Bowers has been reading and enjoying of late.
Luna - Julie Peters
A National Book Award Finalist chronicaling the gender transition of a young high school MTF as told by his younger adolescent sister. Nicely told with humor, wit and compassion with lots of surprises and a nice final messsage. A great book to give to adolescent kids with familial gender issues.
Dresden - Frederick Taylor
A detailed chronology of the events leading up to the Firestorm that engulfed Dresden near the end of WWII. Skillfully details the horrors of wars as unintended consequences of intolerance.
The Riddle of Gender - Deborah Rudicile
A wonderful and easily read historical and scientific recollection of gender expression over the past hundred years. Particularly good is its look at the politics of sex change and its description of diversity in Pre-war Berlin and The Nazi response to gender and sexual diversity.
Evolution's Rainbow - Joan Roughgarden
Scientific and longitudinal look at gender diversity with a larger field of vision than Deborah Rudicile's book, challenging traditional teachings in science, religion and 'morality'. A bit denser to read than The Riddle of Gender.
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