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'''Helen Boyd''' (1969) is the [[pen name]] of '''Gail Kramer''' (born 1969), thean American author, ofacademic, and activist. Helen is the author two books<ref>Seal Press [http://www.sealpress.com/books.php?author=101 '"Helen Boyd's Author Page"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730073419/http://www.sealpress.com/books.php?author=101 |date=2013-07-30 }}, accessed February 13, 2011</ref> about her relationship with her [[trans (LGBT)|trans]] partner. Her partner is referred to in both books as "Betty Crow", though this is also a pseudonym. Helen is on staff at [[Lawrence University]] in Appleton, Wisconsin as the I.D.E.A.S. Division Affinity Groups Coordinator and PRIDE Center Coordinator.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Helen Boyd Kramer {{!}} Lawrence University |url=https://www.lawrence.edu/people/helen-boyd-kramer-affinity-group-coordinator-and-instructor-of-first-year-studies |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=www.lawrence.edu}}</ref>
 
==Biography==
VeteransHelen AssociationBoyd graduated [[Phi Beta Kappa]] from [[City College of New York]] in 1995 with a degree in literature. She has been a guest speaker at trans conferences, including the [[IFGE]], [[First Event]],<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=First Event 2007 |url=http://www.tavausa.org/News/First%20Event%202007.htm "|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728082129/http://www.tavausa.org/News/First%20Event%202007.htm Event|archive-date=2011-07-28 2007|access-date=2024-01-17 Press|website=Transgender Release"],American accessedVeterans' February 14, 2011Association}}</ref> [[Fantasia Fair]], [[Southern Comfort Conference|Southern Comfort]], the [[Chicago Be-All]], and also at special events like Trans Issues Week at [[Yale University]]. Helen and Betty have spoken about [[LGBT]] marriage on PBS's ''[[In The Life]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inthelifetv.org/html/episodes/7.html|title=Gender Revolution|website=Inthelifetv.org|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928232251/http://www.inthelifetv.org/html/episodes/7.html|archivedate=September 28, 2011|date=July 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Helen Boyd |date=September 6, 2004 |title=PBS show – correction |url=http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2004/09/06/pbs-show-correction/|title=PBS show – correction|datewebsite=September(en)gender 6, 2004|author=Helen Boyd|publisher=en{{!}}gender}}</ref> As of 2011, she is also a Lecturer of Gender and Freshman Studies at [[Lawrence University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/gender_studies/faculty.shtml|title=Lawrence University Gender Studies Faculty|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308060507/http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/gender_studies/faculty.shtml|archivedate=March 8, 2013|deadurlurl-status=yesdead}}</ref>▼
Helen Boyd graduated [[Phi Beta Kappa]] from [[The City College of New York]] in 1995 with a degree in literature. She has been a guest speaker at trans conferences, including the [[IFGE]], [[First Event]],<ref>Transgender American
▲Veterans Association [http://www.tavausa.org/News/First%20Event%202007.htm "First Event 2007 Press Release"], accessed February 14, 2011</ref> [[Fantasia Fair]], [[Southern Comfort Conference|Southern Comfort]], the [[Chicago Be-All]], and also at special events like Trans Issues Week at [[Yale University]]. Helen and Betty have spoken about [[LGBT]] marriage on PBS's ''[[In The Life]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inthelifetv.org/html/episodes/7.html|title=Gender Revolution|website=Inthelifetv.org|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928232251/http://www.inthelifetv.org/html/episodes/7.html|archivedate=September 28, 2011|date=July 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2004/09/06/pbs-show-correction/|title=PBS show – correction|date=September 6, 2004|author=Helen Boyd|publisher=en{{!}}gender}}</ref> As of 2011, she is also a Lecturer of Gender and Freshman Studies at [[Lawrence University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/gender_studies/faculty.shtml|title=Lawrence University Gender Studies Faculty|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308060507/http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/gender_studies/faculty.shtml|archivedate=March 8, 2013|deadurl=yes}}</ref>
 
Boyd's activism was recognized in 2020 when she was named a "Champion of Pride" by [[The Advocate (magazine)|''The Advocate'']].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/6/17/advocates-2020-champions-pride-come-life-ar-experience#rebelltitem205|title=The Advocate's 2020 Champions of Pride Come to Life in AR Experience}}</ref>
Boyd also runs [http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/community/ the mHB Forums], a [[message board]] for the discussion of crossdressing- and transgender-related topics. The community associated with the board is noted for its willingness to debate [[Sacred cow (idiom)|sacred cow]]s of the transgender community.{{citation needed|date=January 2011}}
 
Boyd formerly ran the mHB Forums, a [[message board]] for the discussion of crossdressing- and transgender-related topics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=mHB Forums |url=http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/community/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701053151/http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/community/ |archive-date=2009-07-01 |access-date=2011-01-12}}</ref>
 
==Bibliography==
 
===''My Husband Betty''===
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''My Husband Betty'' (2003, [[Seal Press]],) is a [[non-fiction]] book by author Helen Boyd about [[cross-dressing|crossdressers]] and their partners. It was nominated for a [[Lambda Literary Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/previous-winners-3/?a_search=Helen+Boyd&award_year=&award_classifications=transgender&award_status=&award_categories=|title=Lambda Literary Awards}}</ref>
 
Unlike many other books about the topic of crossdressing, it is written specifically from the partner's point of view by a partner and takes a distinctively [[feminist]] approach. Although the author's husbandspouse was a crossdresser at the time of publication, she now considers herself "trans", a word chosen specifically because it was less well defined (and therefore less restrictive) than "[[transgender]]".▼
 
The book was reviewed in ''[[Booklist]]'', ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'', ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Scott |first1=Whitney |title=Boyd, Helen. My Husband Betty. |magazine=[[Booklist]] |volume=100 |number=11 |id={{Gale|A113377637}} |date=1 February 2004 |page=937}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=My Husband Betty |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/helen-boyd/my-husband-betty/ |access-date=17 January 2024 |magazine=[[Kirkus Reviews]] |date=November 15, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=My Husband Betty: Love, Sex, and Life with a Crossdresser by Helen Boyd |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781560255154 |access-date=17 January 2024 |magazine=[[Publishers Weekly]] |date=December 22, 2003}}</ref>
▲Unlike many other books about the topic of crossdressing, it is written specifically from the partner's point of view by a partner and takes a distinctively [[feminist]] approach. Although the author's husband was a crossdresser at the time of publication, she now considers herself "trans", a word chosen specifically because it was less well defined (and therefore less restrictive) than "[[transgender]]".
 
===''She's Not The Man I Married''===
Boyd's second book is ''She's Not the Man I Married: My Life with a Transgender Husband'' (Seal Press, 2007). An excerpt of this book was featured in ''[[On the Issues (magazine)|On the Issues]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ontheissuesmagazine.com/love/how-a-feminist-found-her-sexismby-helen-boyd/|title=On the Issues|date=29 July 2009 }}</ref>
 
The book was reviewed in ''[[The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide]]'', ''[[The Indypendent]]'', and ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bader |first1=Eleanor J. |title=Boyish Girl Meets Girlish Boy: A Review of "She's not the Man I Married" |url=https://indypendent.org/2007/07/boyish-girl-meets-girlish-boy-a-review-of-shes-not-the-man-i-married/ |access-date=17 January 2024 |work=[[The Indypendent]] |date=July 9, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=She's Not the Man I Married: My Life with a Transgender Husband |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781560255154 |access-date=17 January 2024 |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |date=January 29, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Schlichenmeyer |first1=Terri |title=A gender dilemma |journal=[[The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide]] |volume=14 |issue=4 |id={{Gale|A166095073}} |date=July–August 2007}}</ref>
 
==See also==
* [[List of transgender-related topics]]▼
* [[List of transgender publications]]
▲* [[List of transgender-related topics]]
 
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