The Way Out Tranny Guide

Not just for the transgendered, "The Tranny Guide is meant to increase for all awareness and understanding of the cross-dressing and transgender phenomena and the scale, and diversity of this growing scene.

Aiming with each new edition to increase awareness and understanding of the scale and diversity of the cross-dressing and transgender phenomena, the 11th edition features many unique and inspirational photo-reports from around the world. With over 1000 photos, the aptly-named 'Tranny Bible' is not just for transgendered people anymore!

Now in its eighth edition, with over 300 glossy pages, thsi is without doubt the world's most detailed and comprehensive guide to the cross-dressing scene. Every year a new edition brings new personal reports from around thw world, articles and pictures to fascinate and to proivie participants and onlookers a greater awareness and understanding of the scene. This year includes a guide to make-up, with super quality, stage by stage pictures of transition from boy to girl.

"Dave King and Richard Ekins are the leading world sociologists in this field. The book brings together a brilliant synthesis of history, case studies, ideas and positions as they have emerged over the past thirty years, and brings together a rich but always grounded account of this field, providing a state of the art of critical concepts and ideas to take this field further during the twenty first century." - Ken Plummer, University of Essex "An outstanding survey of the evolution of trans phenomena, splendidly written, highly informative, scholarly at its best, yet easy to read even for those neither trans nor sociologist. Ekins and King, experts in the field, unroll the panoramas of sex, gender, and transgendering that have evloved during the last decades. For everyone wanting to understand the interaction of women and men and of those who cannot or will not identify with either of these two cataegories, reading this book is a must, and a real pleasure." - Friedmann Pfaefflin, University of ULM This groundbreaking study sets out a framework for exploring transgender diversity for the new millennium. It sets forth an original and comprehensive research and provides a wealth of vivid illustrative material. Based on two decades of fieldwork, life history work, qualitative analysis, archival work and contact with several thousand cross-dressers and sex-changers around the world, the authors distinguish a number of contemporary transgendering ′stories′ to illustrate: The binary male/female divide The interrelations betwen sex, sexuality and gender The interrelations between the main sub-processes of transgendering. Wonderfully insightful, The Transgender Phenomenon develops an original and innovative conceptual framkework for understanding the full range of the transgender experience.

This unique and fascinating book, meticulously and systematically develops a theory of male femaling which has major ramifications for both the field of 'transvestism' and 'transsexualism' and for the analysis of sex and gender more generally.

The third in a landmark five volume study of transgender realities, with a focus on crossdressing, this fascinating volume offers a tour through history and around the world. Within these pages are found the most famous crossdressers of history and information as to what it means to be a transgender person in the various countries of the world today.

Veronica Vera, creator and founder of the world’s first cross-dressing academy, knows that a host of goods and services for the girl with something extra are just a mouse click away. But who wants to spend hours surfing the Net? Fear no more: Miss Vera has done the legwork, combing the Internet for irresistible and fun fashions, friendly social groups, and time-tested beauty tips for cross-dressers and trannies of every stripe. Whether you’re dressing up for Halloween or choosing a new lifestyle, let Miss Vera be your guide. Looking for an open-nipple bullet bra or a sexy peignoir? Some tips on hair removal or makeup? Miss Vera will point you in the right direction. A handy guide at the back of this book tells you where to go for comprehensive information on: Accessories Bridal gowns Counselors and therapists Drag performers Fetish and exotic wear Hair removal Legal aid Lingerie Makeup and cosmetics Medical websites Sex education Shoes Social and support groups Wigs And much more!