Loes Vlaming - Leven Tussenin

2009, Dutch, Loes Vlaming,

Original title: "Leven Tussenin: Over leven als transseksueel" (Life In Between: About living as a transsexual)

'What really lives in the mind of a transsexual? How does that feel to have a body that doesn't belong to you? What happens when two transgender people are attracted to each other? How does society react, how do they hold their own and how do they overcome their problems and frustrations?

The writer does not pretend to have all the answers to this. However, she has expressed her own experiences in a story that shows that many people do not understand that transsexuality stems from a deep, almost unconscious experience of one's own personality.

Much has been published about transsexuality in recent years. Various autobiographies have appeared, yet all the underlying emotions surrounding transsexuality have remained underexposed. In this fictional story, based on real events, these facets are openly discussed.

The insecurities and doubts, the frustrations that a transsexual encounters in life in the wrong sex, that body with the wrong parts, the misunderstanding of people: how is this experienced? By writing this book, the author wants to contribute to a greater acceptance of everyone with transgender feelings in the broadest sense of the word.'

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