f2m:the boy within

Authors: Hazel Edwards. Co-writer New Zealand-based Ryan Kennedy.f2m:the boy within
Publisher: Ford Street Publishing
ISBN: 9781876462901
Pub Date: February 2010
Price: AUD$19.95
Category: Young Adult Fiction
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All adolescents face the quest for identity, but gender change complicates 'coming of age'. A seriously BIG decision and yet a fact that sometimes the person inside and outside do not match. School-leaver Skye plays guitar in her all-girl 'Chronic Cramps" band. Making her name in the punk scene is easier than FTM (female to male) transitioning: from Skye to Finn, from girl to man. Gran's loved sibling Al was also Alberta. Trans gender identity is more than injections and surgery, it's about acceptance. Tips from the ftm online support group & counselling help. Going public, Finn sings ftm lyrics on TV., But Finn also has to face the ex-school bullies at the reunion.

With help from bemused mates and family who don't want to lose a daughter, but who love their teenager, Finn is transitioning.

'Compassionate, candid and funny 'coming of age' via punk music and family history genetic clues'

  • International first: female to male gender transition YA fiction
  • NOT autobiographical
  • ftm means female to male
  • f2m is our title for creative collaboration since the on-line process of this internationally significant novel via 40 drafts and 18 months is as relevant as the topical content.

Family friends, Hazel has known 34 year old Ryan since he was an 11 year old girl. His first book, Hazel's 200th.

Co-author

New Zealand-based Ryan Kennedy lived as female until his transition to male at 27. Ryan works in IT and is a passionate environmentalist and musician

F2m:the boy within Extract

Tick the box. M or F.
Male or Female are the only options 'ordinary' people know about. M for Male. F for Female.
You're one or the other. But what if you're not?
Like me. As I'm finding out...

Online Links for 'f2m:the boy within'

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Interviews

ABC Life Matters (pre-record Friday 12th 11am)

Reviews

  • The Great Raven
  • Richardson, Owen (2010) - F2m:the Boy within’ The Age, Sat Feb 27th P 24 Books section
  • Burnell, Jo - Reading Stack
  • Bursztynski, Sue (2010) - F2m:the boy within. By Hazel Edwards and Ryan Kennedy, Melbourne, Ford Street 2010. The Great Raven retrieved 21/01/2010 from http://suebursztynski.blogspot.com
  • January Magazine
  • Gervay, Susanne - PIO (Pass It On) weekly electronic newsletter, retrieved Feb 2010
  • Gonis, Anastasia - Buzz Words monthly electronic newsletter, retrieved Feb 2010
  • Ivanoff, George PIO (Pass It On) weekly electronic newsletter, retrieved Feb 2010
  • PaperTigers
  • Mann, Maureen - Magpies. March 2010
  • Way, Judith - Fiction Focus, March 2010
  • Knight, Fran - ReadPlus retrieved March 31st, 2010
  • Murison, Barbara - NZ Around the Bookshops retrieved Feb 2010
  • Mounfield, Jenny - PIO (Pass It On) weekly electronic newsletter retrieved Feb 2010.

Guest Blogs

Radio Podcasts

Other Resources

  • Genre Flash: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~sincoz/images/Genre%20Flash%204a.pdf Summer 2010
  • Process of writing f2m online using Skype Bright ideas - http://slav.globalteacher.org.au
  • 'The Two of Us' Reading Time May 2010
  • 'Teaching a Challenging Subject Like Transitioning Gender' Professional Development Seminar, All Saints Literary Festival, WA March 2010
  • WRITERS ON WRITING - Collaborating: co-writing f2m: the boy within, Plato the Platypus Plumber & short hippo film
    UTS (University of Technology Sydney) Connect Alumni Magazine April 2010