Transgender and Ally Resources

Crose, A. (2016, November 17). How my sexuality changed after my husband became my wife, HuffPost, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-my-sexuality-changed-after-my-husband-became-my_b_582e1c74e4b08c963e343c7e

GLAAD (2022a, February 28). GLAAD Media Reference Guide, 11th edition. https://www.glaad.org/reference

Heminsley, A. (2021, January 2). ‘From now on, I was in an LGBTQ+ family’ my husband came out as trans while I was on maternity leave. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jan/02/from-now-on-i-was-in-an-lgbtq-family-my-husband-came-out-as-trans-while-i-was-on-maternity-leave

Human Rights Campaign Foundation. (2022). Being an LGBTQ+ ally, https://reports.hrc.org/being-an-lgbtq-ally

James, S. D. (2011, August 11). Transgender love: When husband becomes wife. ABC News. https://abcnews.go.com/Health/transgender-love-husband-transitions-wife/story?id=14280850

Marano, H. E. (2021, June 30). 10 tips for couples during gender transition, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fearless-you/202106/10-tips-couples-during-gender-transition

Morris, A. (2015, September 22). My husband is now my wife: Trans women’s wives on their own dramatic transformations, The Cut, https://www.thecut.com/2015/09/trans-wives-transitioning.html

PFLAG National. (2020). The guide to being a trans allyPFLAG National Office.

Tri-Ess (Society for the Second Self). (n.d.). Wives’ and crossdressers’ bill of rights. https://triess.wildapricot.org/Wives-and-GFs-Bill-of-Rights

Rowello, L. (2020, June 17). I was a straight woman whose spouse came out as trans. It didn’t change a thing, The Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/06/17/im-straight-woman-whose-spouse-came-out-trans-it-didnt-change-thing/

Volpe, M. A. (2022, August 4). ‘My husband is now my wife’: Couple speak on marriage after transition, Newsweek, https://www.newsweek.com/lgbtq-couple-relationship-husband-transgender-1729705

Gay, V. (2020, April 29) Interview with Deb from The Crossdresser’s Wife 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A39HKCe5nJ0

Lovekiss, S. (Present)
https://www.youtube.com/@SydneyLovekiss-qc2qj

Noir, J. (2018, February 12) How Did Your Wife React? 
https://www.juliettenoir.uk/post/how-did-your-wife-react-1

Noir, J. (2019a, November 5). Answering your questions with Mrs. Noir. Round 2! Retrieved May 31, 2021, from YouTube, 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXtRA3O-YyM

Noir, J. (2019b, June 16). Serious Sunday – My wife answers your questions. YouTube. Retrieved May 31, 2021, from YouTube, 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oofvc0RzTFo

McKnight, H. (2019, May 13). Ask Hannah’s wife. 
https://hannahmcknight.org

McKnight, H. (2022a, February 23) Change your gender, change your world, Part 1 En Femme. 
https://enfemmestyle.com/blogs/learning-center/change-your-gender-change-your-world-part-1

McKnight, H. (2022b, March 15). Change your gender, change your world, Part 2. En Femme. 
https://enfemmestyle.com/blogs/learning-center/change-your-gender-change-your-world-part-2

McKnight, H. (2022c, March 29). Change your gender, change your world, Part 3. En Femme. 
https://enfemmestyle.com/blogs/learning-center/change-your-gender-change-your-world-part-3

Boyd, H. (2003). My husband Betty: Love, sex, and life with a crossdressers. Seal Press.

Boyd, H. (2007). She’s not the man I married: My life with a transgender husband. Seal Press.

Erhardt, V. (2007). Head over heels: Wives who stay with cross-dressers and transsexuals. Routledge, Taylor. & Francis Group.

Fabian, H. F. (2014). My husband’s a woman now. Virtualbookworm.com.The Haworth Press, Inc.

Johnson, P. A. (2023). Ever-expansive spirit of God: Hope for all who feel left out. ACTA Publications.

Knox, A. J. (2019). Love Lives Here. Penguin, Random House, Viking.

Boylan, J. (2013). She’s not there: A life in two genders. Broadway Paperbacks.

Davis, C. O. (2021). The Queens’ English, Clarkson Potter/Publishers.

Gigl, Robyn (2021) By Way of Sorrow, Kensington Publishing Corp.

Johnson, J. & Garrison, B (Eds). (2015) Partners of Trans People on Intimacy, Challenge and Resilience, Transgress Press.

Nutt, A. E. (2016) Becoming Nicole, Random House

Williams, Paula Stone (2021) As a Woman: What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy after I Transitioned, ATRIA Press

This list is by no means all inclusive. Please click here to suggest additional resources