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Orlando's sleep : an autobiography of gender / by Jennifer Spry.

Title
Orlando's sleep : an autobiography of gender / by Jennifer Spry.
Author
Spry, Jennifer, 1946-
Publication
Norwich, VT : New Victoria Publishers, 1997.

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Description
vi, 186 p.; 22 cm.
Subject
  • Spry, Jennifer, 1946-
  • Transgender Persons
  • Transsexuals > Australia > Biography
  • Lesbians > Australia > Biography
  • Transsexualism
  • Lesbianism
  • Homosexuality, Female
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • Autobiographies.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1946-52. Family background and childhood memories -- 1952-64. School day. Life at a boys-only school. First serious "cross-dressing." -- 1964-74. Teenage years post school. Dating, parties and work. My ocean yacht racing days -- 1974-79. Marriage and living in America. Return to Australia and death of my mother -- 1979-88. Life in Australia, in the city and on an orchard. Bushfire and first steps toward changing over -- 1989. Return to America. My "public outing" and seeking professional help -- 1990. My first holiday in Australia and coming out to my family--Ouch! -- Sept-Oct 1990. Moving out and starting to live alone for the first time in my life -- Oct-Nov 1990. My first tentative steps as Jennifer. Going out in public -- Dec 1990-Jan 1991. Going on hormones. Counseling and medical requirements -- Feb-Mar 1991. Life in the Uppder Valley. Telling people and meeting old friends -- Mar-Sept 1991. Making new friends and entry into the gay community -- Sept 1991-Feb 1992. Starting courses and planning for surgery -- Mar-July 1992. Surgery and after -- July 1992-Feb 1993. Moving to Sharon and my first new lesbian affair -- Feb-July 1993. Visiting Australia (with Sam) for the first time as Jennifer. Family reactions -- July-Dec 1993. Return to America and packing to move back to Australia -- Dec 1993-Feb 1994. Back in Australia and settling down -- Thoughts and feelings. Attitudes of the gay and lesbian communities in Australia 1995. My first serious lesbian relationship since being married.
ISBN
0934678804
LCCN
^^^96045119^
OCLC
  • 35758193
  • SCSB-12323593
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library