The nearest exit may be behind you

by Bergman, S. Bear

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Title Statements

Full title :The nearest exit may be behind you / S. Bear Bergman.

Summary

"Alternately unsettling and affirming, devastating and delicious, The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You is a new collection of essays on gender and identity by S. Bear Bergman that is irrevocably honest and endlessly illuminating. With humour and grace, these essays deal with issues from women's spaces to the old boys' network, from gay male bathhouses to lesbian potlucks, from being a child to preparing to have one; throughout, S. Bear Bergman shows us there are things you learn when you're visibly different from those around you--whether it's being transgressively gendered or readably queer. As a transmasculine person, Bergman keeps readers breathless and rapt in the freakshow tent long after the midway has gone dark, when the good hooch gets passed around and the best stories get told. Ze offers unique perspectives on issues that challenge, complicate, and confound the 'official stories' about how gender and sexuality work."--Jacket

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2009.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Arsenal Pulp Press
Place of Publication:Vancouver, B.C
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2009.

The Physical Object

Description:205 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781551522647, 1551522640
oclc:ocn318877306
LC Classification:HQ77.9
Dewey Decimal:306.768

The nearest exit may be behind you -- While you were away -- Wrap/t -- Today, I am a man (and other perorations of the tranny Jewboy) -- Roadside assistance -- It only takes a minute, I -- Dutiful grandchild -- When will you be having the surgery? -- What's in a name? -- New year -- The velveteen tranny -- It only takes a minute, II -- The field guide to transmasculine creatures -- I'm just saying -- Passing the word -- Not getting killed, with kindness -- Getting myself home -- The rule of two -- Like love -- It only takes a minute, III -- Seahorse papa -- Writing the landscape -- Just a phase -- Bowing to the beams -- Gay men, queer men, and me -- It's always easier if you can be something they recognize -- Shame -- It only takes a minute, IV -- Sing if you're glad to be trans.

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Bergman, S. Bear Biographies Communautés homosexuelles Female masculinity Female to male (FTM) Gay community Gays Gays -- Identity Gender and sexuality Gender Identity Homosexuality, Female Homosexuality, Male Homosexuels Homosexuels -- Identité Identité sexuelle Jewish trans Lesbians Lesbiennes male homosexuality Sex role