Helen Boyd
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 Boydis thepen nameofGail Kramer(born 1969), an American author, academic, and activist. Helen is the author two books[1]about her relationship with hertranspartner. Her partner is referred to in both books as "Betty Crow", though this is also a pseudonym. Helen is on staff atLawrence Universityin Appleton, Wisconsin as the I.D.E.A.S. Division Affinity Groups Coordinator and PRIDE Center Coordinator.[2]
Biography
[edit]Helen Boyd graduatedPhi Beta KappafromCity College of New Yorkin 1995 with a degree in literature. She has been a guest speaker at trans conferences, including theIFGE,First Event,[3]Fantasia Fair,Southern Comfort,theChicago Be-All,and also at special events like Trans Issues Week atYale University.Helen and Betty have spoken aboutLGBTmarriage on PBS'sIn The Life.[4][5]As of 2011, she is also a Lecturer of Gender and Freshman Studies atLawrence University.[6]
Boyd's activism was recognized in 2020 when she was named a "Champion of Pride" byThe Advocate.[7]
Boyd formerly ran the mHB Forums, amessage boardfor the discussion of crossdressing- and transgender-related topics.[8]
Bibliography
[edit]My Husband Betty
[edit]My Husband Betty(2003,Seal Press) is anon-fictionbook by author Helen Boyd aboutcrossdressersand their partners. It was nominated for aLambda Literary Award.[9]
Unlike many other books about the topic of crossdressing, it is written specifically from the partner's point of view and takes a distinctivelyfeministapproach. Although the author's spouse 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 inBooklist,Kirkus Reviews,andPublishers Weekly.[10][11][12]
She's Not The Man I Married
[edit]Boyd's second book isShe's Not the Man I Married: My Life with a Transgender Husband(Seal Press, 2007). An excerpt of this book was featured inOn the Issuesmagazine.[13]
The book was reviewed inThe Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide,The Indypendent,andPublishers Weekly.[14][15][16]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Seal Press' "Helen Boyd's Author Page"Archived2013-07-30 at theWayback Machine,accessed February 13, 2011
- ^"Helen Boyd Kramer | Lawrence University".lawrence.edu.Retrieved2024-01-17.
- ^"First Event 2007".Transgender American Veterans' Association.Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-28.Retrieved2024-01-17.
- ^"Gender Revolution".Inthelifetv.org.July 2007. Archived fromthe originalon September 28, 2011.
- ^Helen Boyd (September 6, 2004)."PBS show – correction".(en)gender.
- ^"Lawrence University Gender Studies Faculty".Archived fromthe originalon March 8, 2013.
- ^"The Advocate's 2020 Champions of Pride Come to Life in AR Experience".
- ^"mHB Forums".Archived fromthe originalon 2009-07-01.Retrieved2011-01-12.
- ^"Lambda Literary Awards".
- ^Scott, Whitney (1 February 2004). "Boyd, Helen. My Husband Betty".Booklist.Vol. 100, no. 11. p. 937.GaleA113377637.
- ^"My Husband Betty".Kirkus Reviews.November 15, 2003.Retrieved17 January2024.
- ^"My Husband Betty: Love, Sex, and Life with a Crossdresser by Helen Boyd".Publishers Weekly.December 22, 2003.Retrieved17 January2024.
- ^"On the Issues".29 July 2009.
- ^Bader, Eleanor J. (July 9, 2007)."Boyish Girl Meets Girlish Boy: A Review of" She's not the Man I Married "".The Indypendent.Retrieved17 January2024.
- ^"She's Not the Man I Married: My Life with a Transgender Husband".Publishers Weekly.January 29, 2007.Retrieved17 January2024.
- ^Schlichenmeyer, Terri (July–August 2007). "A gender dilemma".The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide.14(4).GaleA166095073.