Read the following three classic essays from the first great wave of transgender theorizing of the 1990s. Each
expresses a different person's experience of being transgender. Submit brief answers to the three essays, as
indicated below.
- What Does It Cost to Tell the Truth? by Riki Anne Wilchins
What did it cost Wilchins to tell the truth? Describe a time when it has cost you something to tell the truth. - Manliness by Patrick Califa
In what ways does Califa consider himself a man? and in what ways, not? Describe some ways In which you
consider yourself a man, a woman, another gender altogether, or no gender at all. - My Words to Victor Frankenstein by Susan Stryker
Does Susan Stryker consider herself a monster? Why, or why not? State a time when you considered yourself
a monster (or did something that you now consider monstrous).
Preferred language style Simple (Easy vocabulary, simple grammar constructions)