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| name = Gail Kramer |
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| image = Helen and Betty in 2005.jpg |
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| caption = Gail Kramer (right) and Betty Crow in 2005 |
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| pseudonym = Helen Boyd |
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Gail Kramer | |
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 Gail Kramer (right) and Betty Crow in 2005 | |
| Born | 1969 |
| Pen name | Helen Boyd |
| Occupation | Academic and author |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | The City College of New York |
| Subject | Autobiography, Transgender Liberation |
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Helen Boyd (1969) is the pen name of Gail Kramer, the American author of two books[1] about her relationship with her transgender partner. Her partner is referred to in both books as "Betty Crow", though this is also a pseudonym.
Biography
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,[2] Fantasia Fair, 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.[3][4] As of 2011, she is also a Lecturer of Gender and Freshman Studies at Lawrence University.[5]
Boyd also runs 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 cows of the transgender community.[citation needed]
Bibliography
My Husband Betty
My Husband Betty (2003, Seal Press,) is a non-fiction book by author Helen Boyd about crossdressers and their partners. It was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award.
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).
See also
References
- ^ Seal Press '"Helen Boyd's Author Page", accessed February 13, 2011
- ^ Transgender American Veterans Association "First Event 2007 Press Release", accessed February 14, 2011
- ^ "Gender Revolution". Inthelifetv.org. July 2007. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011.
- ^ Helen Boyd (September 6, 2004). "PBS show – correction". en|gender.
- ^ "Lawrence University Gender Studies Faculty". Archived from the original on March 8, 2013.
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