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From: Steward, Celeste <csteward>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 11:05:51 -0700
Ah, thanks for clarifying...here's another then: The Misfits by James Howe. If memory serves, I think at least one of the main characters had gender issues.
In L.A. Meyer's book, Jacky was hetero but she was pursued by an older man, whose sexual orientation was hazy. He tried to rape her (but discovered she was a girl and not a young boy). After reading it, I moved it to the teen section.
Celeste Steward, Librarian IV, Collection Development Alameda County Library 2450 Stevenson Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538
-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Nancy Silverrod Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 10:54 AM To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] My bibliography of gender variance and transgression
I want to make the point that not all the protagonists in these titles are LGBTQ. The books were chosen because the protagonists don't conform in significant ways to gender role stereotypes and expectations. In most of the books it remains unclear whether or not the character(s) will grow up to be heterosexual. In the books by L.A. Meyer, Jacky Faber is definitely heterosexual, and in My Last Skirt: The Story of Jennie Hodgers, Union Soldier, there is the hint of a heterosexual romantic relationship, but neither of the protagonists will live life as a woman all the time, or ever. The Princess Knight may very well get married, but only on her own terms.
The point of, and need for this bibliography is to reach families and readers who are facing growing up with gender variance concerns. Some of them will grow up to be straight, some gay, but definitely a good number of them will grow up to be transgender.
Nancy Silverrod, Librarian
San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin St.
San Francisco, CA 94102-4733
415-557-4417
nsilverrod at sfpl.org <mailto:nsilverrod at sfpl.org>
Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind. -James Russell Lowell, poet, editor, and diplomat (1819-1891)
A closed mind is like a closed book: just a block of wood. -Chinese Proverb
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Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 11:05:51 -0700
Ah, thanks for clarifying...here's another then: The Misfits by James Howe. If memory serves, I think at least one of the main characters had gender issues.
In L.A. Meyer's book, Jacky was hetero but she was pursued by an older man, whose sexual orientation was hazy. He tried to rape her (but discovered she was a girl and not a young boy). After reading it, I moved it to the teen section.
Celeste Steward, Librarian IV, Collection Development Alameda County Library 2450 Stevenson Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538
-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Nancy Silverrod Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 10:54 AM To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] My bibliography of gender variance and transgression
I want to make the point that not all the protagonists in these titles are LGBTQ. The books were chosen because the protagonists don't conform in significant ways to gender role stereotypes and expectations. In most of the books it remains unclear whether or not the character(s) will grow up to be heterosexual. In the books by L.A. Meyer, Jacky Faber is definitely heterosexual, and in My Last Skirt: The Story of Jennie Hodgers, Union Soldier, there is the hint of a heterosexual romantic relationship, but neither of the protagonists will live life as a woman all the time, or ever. The Princess Knight may very well get married, but only on her own terms.
The point of, and need for this bibliography is to reach families and readers who are facing growing up with gender variance concerns. Some of them will grow up to be straight, some gay, but definitely a good number of them will grow up to be transgender.
Nancy Silverrod, Librarian
San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin St.
San Francisco, CA 94102-4733
415-557-4417
nsilverrod at sfpl.org <mailto:nsilverrod at sfpl.org>
Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind. -James Russell Lowell, poet, editor, and diplomat (1819-1891)
A closed mind is like a closed book: just a block of wood. -Chinese Proverb
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