Tracie O'Keefe is a clinical hypnotherapist, psychotherapist, and counselor in Sydney, Australia and professor of sex, gender, and sexuality at the Calamus International University. She is the author of the book Sex, Gender, and Sexuality. Katrina Fox is a freelance journalist and editor. O'Keefe and Fox are the coauthors of Trans-X-U-All

• Foreword ix Acknowledgments xiiiIntroduction xvGlossary xviiiParadox Is Paradise for Me 1Lessons of Life 11A Rose in Bloom 19A Journey to Androgyny 30Bad Hair Days: The Story 43Robyn's Journey 55Japan: A Sexually Unique Country 68So, Which One Is the Opposite Sex? The Sometimes Spiritual Journey of a Metagender 76Being Human: A Personal Transsexual Perspective of Transition 88Peter's Story 98The Headache Is in Your Head 103Gallae, or Reflections of a Pagan Heart 115Time for a Good Transgender Story 126Melanie: My Story 137Confessions of a She-Male Merchant Marine 147Dream On, and Don't Wake Up to the Nightmare of Reality 158Jack's Story 168Tracy's Story 179The Second Transition 188An Other-Gendered Boy 203Masks and Redemptive Transformation 209Rikki's Story 220The Constructed Life 231My Purple Aura: A Journey to Self-Acceptance 242The Never Ending Tango 253Butch: A Work in Progress 263Resources 275The Editors 281The Authors 283

Tracie O'Keefe is a clinical hypnotherapist, psychotherapist, and counselor in Sydney, Australia and professor of sex, gender, and sexuality at the Calamus International University. She is the author of the book Sex, Gender, and Sexuality. Katrina Fox is a freelance journalist and editor. O'Keefe and Fox are the coauthors of Trans-X-U-All

• Foreword ix Acknowledgments xiiiIntroduction xvGlossary xviiiParadox Is Paradise for Me 1Lessons of Life 11A Rose in Bloom 19A Journey to Androgyny 30Bad Hair Days: The Story 43Robyn's Journey 55Japan: A Sexually Unique Country 68So, Which One Is the Opposite Sex? The Sometimes Spiritual Journey of a Metagender 76Being Human: A Personal Transsexual Perspective of Transition 88Peter's Story 98The Headache Is in Your Head 103Gallae, or Reflections of a Pagan Heart 115Time for a Good Transgender Story 126Melanie: My Story 137Confessions of a She-Male Merchant Marine 147Dream On, and Don't Wake Up to the Nightmare of Reality 158Jack's Story 168Tracy's Story 179The Second Transition 188An Other-Gendered Boy 203Masks and Redemptive Transformation 209Rikki's Story 220The Constructed Life 231My Purple Aura: A Journey to Self-Acceptance 242The Never Ending Tango 253Butch: A Work in Progress 263Resources 275The Editors 281The Authors 283