These letters try to explain the almost inexplicable event of seeing a person you know change their public presentation of gender, the bedrock of most relationships, personal or institutional. I have the permission of these people to include their material on this web site, for which I am very grateful. Remaining out after transition is not an easy thing to do; the hope is that doing so helps everyone gain a better understanding of trans people.
Consider these letters to be historical documents; they may not reflect the way these people now feel or express themselves. (In fact, since I began this archive, several folks who contributed letters have transitioned back, and several other folks have asked that their letters be removed or edited to conceal their identities.) All material copyright by its authors.
Links and email addresses in letters may not be valid; I do not try to update this information unless a new version is supplied by the OP, as I consider these to be historical documents.
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Katherine Cummings 1986 Postscript to Kate's book 1995 Gwen Smith 1994 Michael Munson 1994 to friends Robin Goldstein 1994 Jacob Hale 1995, to friends Anonymous at work 1995, to dad Lisa Lees feedback at work 1995 Evelyn Smith 1996 Dee McKellar's daughter 1997 |
Martin Parkinson 1997 SA-Austin 1998 Kim 1999 to mother Madeleine Townsend 1999 to parents Devon 1999 to parents, transitioning back 2004, FtMtF nuts and bolts 2009 Myriam 2000 to family (French) Jennifer O. 2001 Alysha Kelley 2002, a factory transition |
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There now are thousands of personal pages and organization pages on the world wide web with information about transsexual people, issues and resources. There is a Livejournal transletters community for transition letters. You are here: lisalees.com/trans/out |
Fragments of Gender, Fool for Love and A Queer Circle of Friends are available on Lulu.com |
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