Gail Kramer | |
|---|---|
 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 |
| Website | |
| www | |
Helen Boyd (1969) is the pen name of Gail Kramer, the American author of two books[1] about her relationship with her trans 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 Archived 2009-07-01 at the Wayback Machine, a message board for the discussion of crossdressing- and transgender-related topics.
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" Archived 2013-07-30 at the Wayback Machine, accessed February 13, 2011
- ↑ Transgender American Veterans Association "First Event 2007 Press Release" Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, 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.