Lou Sullivan bol priekopnícky aktivista a autor, ktorý sa zaslúžil o moderné uznanie rozdielu medzi sexuálnou orientáciou a rodovou identitou. Bol kľúčovou postavou v grassroots hnutí trans mužov, pomáhal jednotlivcom získavať peer podporu, poradenstvo a lekárske služby mimo tradičných genderových kliník. Sullivan založil FTM International, jednu z prvých organizácií špecificky pre trans mužov, a hral zásadnú rolu v raste komunity trans mužov v 80. rokoch. Jeho práca sa snažila zmeniť postoje k trans homosexuálom a lekárske postupy tak, aby odstránila sexuálnu orientáciu z kritérií rodovej dyzforie.
Drawn from Sullivan's meticulously kept journals, this landmark book records the life of arguably the first publicly gay trans man to medically transition. Sensual, lascivious, challenging, quotidian and poetic, the diaries complicate and disrupt normative trans narratives.
"Lou Sullivan kept candid diaries from the age of ten. Through these vivid extracts, we see Lou navigate his gay and trans identities in a world with few role models, and hear his eperiences in his own words: from 'playing boys' in his childhood in Wisconsin, to cruising San Francisco's gay bars for handsome 'youngmen'; from first hearing about gender non-conforming communities, to becoming a vital part of them as activist, author and archivist. Successfully campaigning to remove heterosexuality from the medical requirements for gender affirming surgery, Lou was pivotal in our modern understanding of gender and sexuality as distinct identities. This selection shows Lou's joyous love of life, men and sex."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper.