This was exactly what I needed to pivot towards my gender transition.

Welcome to our LGBT podcast! In this episode we talk with ellie krug and Jennifer Finney Boylan!

Idealist, legal advocate, and author ellie krug (she/her) shares how the LGBT book She's Not There by Jennifer Finney Boylan saved her life. ellie told us, "I will say that the book caused me to pivot. It did. There’s no question about it. But it also helped me believe that maybe I can write a book."

Then we discuss writing She's Not There with Jennifer Finney Boylan (she/her) nearly 20 years after it was first published. Jenny shared, "Looking at it now, I think there’s a little bit of the aroma of apology to the book. There’s a certain sense in She’s Not There of trying to justify myself." Our conversation with ellie and Jenny range from cathartic writing vs. good storytelling, navigating loss while living authentically, and how trans narratives have changed over the past two decades.

Transcripts available at: thisqueerbook.com/podcast/shes-not-there

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Visit thisqueerbook.com/bookshop to purchase She's Not There, Mad Honey, and Getting to Ellen: A Memoir about Love, Honesty, and Gender Change.

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