Mom, I Need to Be a Girl

Mom, I Need to be a Girl is a work of non-fiction by "Just Evelyn", the mother of a transgender former teenager. It recounts how her daughter Danielle Lindenmuth (born Daniel) began transitioning from male to female at 15, and completed sex reassignment surgery at 18, with the support of the author and her sons. Evelyn wrote the book and published it in 1998 because she could not find similar resources available to the families of transgender people, especially teenagers.^[1] The book has been recommended by various transgender support resources,^[2][3][4][5] and is available in print^[6] and for free online.

Quotes

• "I would never wear your funky old clothes, you are a woman and can do all those things, and yet you don't. That's such a waste!" - Danielle Lindenmuth
• "Is a mother's love enough?" - Just Evelyn

See also

• List of transgender-related topics
• Transgender publications

References

1. ^ "Board of Directors | TransMentors International". transmentors.org. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
2. ^ "Whosoever: Book Review". whosoever.org. May 1998. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
3. ^ "Education | Tacoma PFLAG". www.pflagtacoma.org. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
4. ^ "Chi Chapter - Books". chi-chapter.org. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
5. ^ "Resources for Parents of Transgender Children :: UR Counseling Center". www.rochester.edu. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
6. ^ "Mom, I Need to be a Girl".

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