Kate Bornstein

S. Bear Bergman

Collects and contextualizes the work of transgendered and genderqueer thinkers, and includes essays, art, commentary, and personal narratives from people across the transsexual spectrum who believe in living barrier-breaking lives.

The Next Generation

Gender Outlaws

Bergman is known as an activist, a gender-jammer, a performer and celebrated writer on queer and trans issues, such as her acclaimed work, Butch is a Noun. Her new collection of essays is by turns contrarian, witty and informed about the politics and the personal experiences encountered in 21st century queer and trans life.

The Nearest Exit May be Behind You

'Butch is a Noun' is a story of butch in its best and worst moments, about butch in the context of femme, butch in the orbit of another butch, and butch trying to stand alone, sometimes bravely and sometimes foolishly, sometimes successfully and sometimes fatally.

Butch is a Noun

Moving, witty, and wise, S. Bear Bergman is an acclaimed writer and lecturer who travels regularly across North America to speak on trans issues. In his third essay collection, Bear tackles the concept of the 'modern family' as one of two trans parents of a young son; in Bear's extended family 'orchard', drag sisters, leather mentors, sperm-donor parents and other relations provide more branches of love and support than a mere family tree. Blood, Marriage, Wine & Glitter is a thought-provoking collection that redefines the notion of what family is and can be.

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Blood, Marriage, Wine and Glitter

Celebrated trans author S. Bear Bergman's illustrated guide to practical advice for the modern age, filtered through a queer lens.

Special Topics in Being a Human

As an author, educator, and public speaker, S. Bear Bergman has documented his experience as, among other things, a trans parent, with wit and aplomb. He also writes the advice column “Ask Bear,” in which he answers crucial questions about how best to make our collective way through the world. Featuring disarming illustrations by Saul Freedman-Lawson, Special Topics in Being a Human elaborates on “Ask Bear”’s premise: a gentle, witty, and insightful book of practical advice for the modern age. It offers Dad advice and Jewish bubbe wisdom, all filtered through a queer lens, to help you navigate some of the complexities of life—from how to make big decisions or make a good apology, to how to get someone’s new name and pronouns right as quickly as possible, to how to gracefully navigate a breakup. With warmth and candor, Special Topics in Being a Human calls out social inequities and injustices in traditional advice-giving, validates your feelings, asks a lot of questions, and tries to help you be your best possible self with kindness, compassion, and humor. This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. A book with many images, which is defined with accessible structural markup. This book contains various accessibility features such as alternative text for images, table of contents, page-list, landmark, reading order and semantic structure.

A Queer and Tender Guide to Things I've Learned the Hard Way about Caring for People, Including Myself

Daniela's sad on her birthday, wishing the world could see her as the girl she knows herself to be inside. When Tulip the Birthday Wish Fairy reads her wish, he learns something new, breaks a few rules, and helps Daniela with her wish.

The Adventures of Tulip, Birthday Wish Fairy

Butch is a Noun, published by the now-defunct Suspect Thoughts, was a critical and commercial success when first published in 2006: a funny, insightful manifesto on what it means to be butch. This edition includes a new introduction by the author.

S. Bear Bergman is an acclaimed writer and lecturer on trans issues. In hir third essay collection, Bear tackles the concept of the "modern family" as the trans parent of a young son; in Bear's extended family "orchard," drag sisters, sperm-donor parents, and other relations provide more branches of love and support than a mere family tree. Defiantly queer yet full of tenderness and hilarity, Bear's book redefines the notion of what family is and can be. S. Bear Bergman's previous books are The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You, Butch is a Noun, and Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation.

Blood, Marriage, Wine, & Glitter

Peyton's not happy wearing a dress to dance at pow wow, but Auntie Eyota has a plan to help Peyton enjoy dancing again and see herself reflected as she wants to be - with the help of community.

S. Bear Bergman

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