tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51774582688011372162024-02-19T00:49:39.709-08:00Where's MY Book?Transgender and gender non-conforming youth need specialized information. Puberty is always rugged, but it's especially difficult when you discover you're going through the wrong puberty. Never have we had such a blunt, but honest, guide to honor and support this population!LindaGromkoMDTransgenderBooks.blogspothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18075274561545354491noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5177458268801137216.post-9842251167092814782017-11-17T19:03:00.004-08:002017-11-17T19:13:16.705-08:00<h3 style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">TDOR events to be held all over the world remind us of the violence directed at trans people. I've worked as a physician providing transgender care and primary care to individuals in the trans community for just under 20 years now. My transgender patients range from age 5 to 83. The violence directed at community members weighs heavily on all of us. Violence includes physical and verbal assault, with murder at the extreme. </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">But we also experience the heartbreak of suicide. The transgender community reports a suicide attempt rate of nearly 50 percent - a higher suicide attempt rate than in <i>any </i>other population. This is true in adolescents and adults.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The suicide of a seventeen-year-old patient prompted me to write<b> <u>'Where's MY Book?' A Guide for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth, Their Parents, & Everyone Else.</u></b> In fact, the first chapter is titled, "The 9-1-1 Message: So What Should You Do if You Are Having Thoughts About Wanting to Die?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We explore suicide risks, warning signals, and how to access help when a person's thoughts become so dark that suicide becomes a real consideration. </span><span style="font-family: "arial";">Numbers of suicide hotlines for teens, adults, and parents are listed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">I tell the story of a wonderful trans patient of mine who thinks about suicide so often, I've stopped asking her if she's suicidal. Rather, I ask her, "What do you do when you think about taking your own life?" Her immediate answer, "Anything else!" gave me a tool to use with other patients. We explore in practical terms what specific things one can do to get to the next minute, the next day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;"><b>Respectfully, we remember that "Life can get better, but only if you're breathing."</b></span></div>
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<b><u>'Where's MY Book?' A Guide for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth, Their Parents & Everyone Else</u> is available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle format. You can purchase it at my clinic, or through our clinic website at www.QueenAnneMedicalAssociates.com.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">SSTAR, the Society for Sex Therapy and Research, has awarded a "Special Mention" honor to <b>Where's <i>MY</i> Book? A Guide for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth, Their Parents & Everyone Else. </b>The award was announced Thursday by Stephen Snyder, MD.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">SSTAR is an international society founded in 1975; its mission is "to foster clinical sexuality practice and research." The society aims to facilitate communication among clinicians who treat problems of sexual function, sexual identity and reproductive life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Where's MY Book? has also been honored by an Eric Hoffer Award, two Benjamin Franklin silver medals, and a Global eBook gold medal. The book has also won the 2016 AASECT (American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists) Book Award.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">The book is available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle formats.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Tulips & Sky" by Seattle Artist Jacqui Beck is one of many paintings<br />featured in<b> 'Where's <i>MY</i> Book?'<br /><div style="text-align: left;">
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Where's<i> MY</i> Book? A Guide for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth, Their Parents, & Everyone Else took a gold medal in the Global EBook Awards, announced this evening. The gold medal was awarded in the category of LGBT Non-Fiction.</div>
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Where's <i>MY</i> Book? won the 2016 AASECT Book Award (American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, & Therapists), announced in June. </div>
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It was also honored as an Eric Hoffer Award Winner in the category of Health, and took two silver medals in the Benjamin Franklin Book Awards in the LGBT and Teen Non-Fiction categories.</div>
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<br />LindaGromkoMDTransgenderBooks.blogspothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18075274561545354491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5177458268801137216.post-31751408644450451382016-06-24T19:17:00.002-07:002016-06-24T19:19:33.658-07:00Where's MY Book? and The Teaching Transgender Toolkit Win AASECT 2016 Book Award<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Two resources focusing on transgender health shared the 2016 Book Award announced at the Conference of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, & Therapists held last week in Puerto Rico.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"'Where's MY Book?' A Guide for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth, Their Parents & Everyone Else" was written by Linda Gromko, MD. The Seattle family physician has worked with the transgender community for 18 years. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gromko's book has also won the Eric Hoffer Award in the category of Health, and two silver metals in the Benjamin Franklin Awards, in the categories of LGBT and Teen Non-Fiction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"'Where's MY Book?' A Guide for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth, Their Parents, & Everyone Else" was awarded the 2016 Eric Hoffer Book Award in the category of Health.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Even as society
has evolved toward greater acceptance of gays, lesbians, and bisexuals, the
transgender and gender nonconforming individuals remain less tolerated and
respected as full human beings. Dr. Gromko brings her years of experience as a
family practitioner with a particular interest in transgender patients to this
comprehensive and enlightening volume. <em><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Where’s My Book? </span></em>works
on many levels: It is a text on gender as biological and a social category. It
is a reference work for individuals and families. It is passionate appeal for
those often marginalized by a hetero-normative society. The jargon-free prose
makes it accessible to younger readers, a particular population of interest to
the author, while never compromising on scientific accuracy and completeness."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Why is this important to me? It's a great honor for an independent author! But more importantly, this helps to call attention to the important issues faced by transgender youth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Linda Gromko, MD</span></div>
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<br />LindaGromkoMDTransgenderBooks.blogspothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18075274561545354491noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5177458268801137216.post-5842550927667022462016-02-26T13:49:00.000-08:002016-02-26T13:50:33.445-08:00Interview Gives an Opportunity to Try out the New KING-TV Set<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was at KING-TV last week doing at interview pertaining to <strong>Where's <em>MY</em> Book? A Guide for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth, Their Parents, & Everyone Else</strong> - and the work we do with the trans community.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">KING-TV just opened its new facility across from Safeco Field, and it's beautiful! I got a chance to sit at the anchor desk. So if this medicine gig doesn't work out, I'm all set!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">BTW, if you have read my book, I'd be most grateful if you'd post a review on Amazon.com.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">Take care,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">Linda Gromko, MD</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://www.lindagromkomd.com/">www.LindaGromkoMD.com</a></span>LindaGromkoMDTransgenderBooks.blogspothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18075274561545354491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5177458268801137216.post-28565698069361281972016-01-30T12:27:00.002-08:002016-02-02T15:34:45.521-08:00Queen Anne Medical's Dental and Scrotal Anesthesia Makes Electrolysis/Laser Easier for our Transgender Clients<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Tree Light" is one of many beautiful paintings by Jacqui Beck (<a href="http://www.jacquibeck.com/">www.JacquiBeck.com</a>) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">found in <strong>'Where's <em>MY</em> Book?' A Guide for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming </strong></span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><strong>Youth, Their Parents, & Everyone Else.</strong></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My family medical practice, Queen Anne Medical Associates, PLLC, has served the transgender community for eighteen years. We added laser and electrolysis for hair removal over the last two years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Of course individuals vary in how they experience these treatments. But particularly for the sensitive upper lip area, these treatments can be painful. That's why we routinely offer prescription-strength numbing medicine at no additional cost. For a moderate fee, I can do a mean dental block - or a scrotal block prior to gender confirmation surgery. Needless to say, these have become fairly popular!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">It reminds me of taking childbirth classes when I was pregnant nearly forty years ago. "Think of contractions as 'pressure'" didn't ring true in my experience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><em><strong>I believe that offering reasonable pain relief for hair removal procedures is critical. But I have found that most clinics do not offer pain relief for laser and/or electrolysis. I don't want painful hair removal to be just another "punishment" or burden one carries just for being trans!</strong></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Take care,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">Linda Gromko, MD</span>LindaGromkoMDTransgenderBooks.blogspothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18075274561545354491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5177458268801137216.post-59809014673236238532016-01-28T20:41:00.000-08:002016-01-28T20:41:35.285-08:00Transgender Health Training is Happening at the University of Washington - as an Elective!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jacqui Beck's "One to Another" makes me think about</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have a University of Washington education: a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, a Master's in Nursing, my MD degree, and my family practice residency all through the University of Washington! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">But through all of that training, I scarcely heard a word about transgender health! Having done transgender medicine for 18 years and having written a book about it (<strong>Where's <em>MY</em> Book? A Guide for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth, Their Parents, & Everyone Else)</strong>, it's important to me. Seattle is said to have the third largest transgender population in the US.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">That's why it feels so great to participate for the third year in the UW School of Medicine's elective course on transgender medicine. Coordinated by Roberta Dalley, MD, and Gender Justice League Executive Director Dani Askini, the course is attended by primarily medical students. There are some folks from social work, public health, and perhaps nursing also. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Someday, this course - or parts of it - <em>must</em> be offered in the general curriculum of the UW School of Medicine. I look forward to the day when it's not simply an elective offering! And I look forward to the day when it's a requirement in all health education programs nationwide.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Take care,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Linda Gromko, MD</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span>LindaGromkoMDTransgenderBooks.blogspothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18075274561545354491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5177458268801137216.post-6589243180228530052016-01-24T13:59:00.000-08:002016-01-24T13:59:29.569-08:00Boston Trans Girl Pays "Where's MY Book?" the Best Compliment Ever!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From Jacqui Beck's Gender Personal Exhibit, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a wonderful - albeit a little crazy - opportunity to speak and sell books ("'Where's MY Book?' A Guide for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth, Their Parents, & Everyone Else") at Boston's First Event Conference yesterday. The arrival of Winter Storm Jonas made things a little dicey - but it all worked out.</span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Without parallel, the most amazing event for me was this: as I was beginning my talk about the development and need for my book, a fourteen-year-old trans girl said she'd been given this really helpful book that explained everything...not realizing she was describing 'Where's MY Book?' - the book I wrote! People asked if she was a "plant!" (No, not a plant - but a marvelous endorsement, for which I am most grateful.)</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">While I had only about six hours to spend at the conference, I had fun with my talk, met some great people, connected with folks from "Welcoming Schools," Camp Aranu'tiq, GenderMystic, and a whole host of really committed, good-hearted souls who care about kids!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I sold a bunch of books, and raffled off three. Our drawing winners were two enthusiastic trans youth, and Jeanette from GenderMystic (whose help in using the "Square" device for high tech commerce was enormously appreciated!). Thanks also to leader Carol Caravana. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thank you, First Event, and to my "plant" for a great experience that warmed my heart!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Take care,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Linda Gromko, MD</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span>LindaGromkoMDTransgenderBooks.blogspothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18075274561545354491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5177458268801137216.post-61615073638756383512016-01-17T11:09:00.000-08:002016-01-17T11:10:26.217-08:00Libraries are Beginning to Order "'Where's MY Book?' A Guide for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth, Their Parents, & Everyone Else!"<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am noticing that public libraries are beginning to order copies of "'Where's MY Book?' A Guide for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth, Their Parents, & Everyone Else."</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"All for One" is one of many of Jacqui Beck's</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Asking your library for the book helps to generate interest - and to make the book available to people who might not be able to buy it themselves.<strong> So do ask your librarian - if not for yourself, for someone else who may benefit.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I am seeing book orders from all over the country - often, single copies ordered from people in small towns. How gratifying it is to see that people are accessing this important information.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Take care.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Linda Gromko, MD</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.lindagromkomd.com/">www.LindaGromkoMD.com</a></span>LindaGromkoMDTransgenderBooks.blogspothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18075274561545354491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5177458268801137216.post-37114890492788762512016-01-12T11:55:00.000-08:002016-01-12T11:56:48.440-08:00I'm selling books at Boston's First Event, Saturday, January 23, 2016!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hands," by Jacqui Beck, is one of many of her paintings</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Youth, Their Parents, & Everyone Else."</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I'll be giving a talk on Saturday morning, January 23rd, and selling books that day ONLY!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I'll admit this trip makes me question my OWN sanity! I'll be taking a red-eye flight from Seattle to Boston on Friday night, giving a talk at 9 a.m. Saturday, and returning to Seattle that afternoon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But, like Seattle's Gender Odyssey, Boston's First Event has a family tract. This is the perfect venue for <strong>Where's MY Book?</strong></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">To sweeten the deal, we're offering a special price - and raffle drawings - at the conference only!</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Looking forward to speaking, meeting people, and selling & signing books at Boston's First Event Saturday, January 23rd!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>"'Where's <em>MY</em> Book?' A Guide for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth, Their Parents, & Everyone Else" </strong>is now on Amazon Kindle. I am especially happy that this allows more people to read this information at a lower cost ($9.99) - and to do so with greater privacy. Check it out on Amazon.com. The paperback version, made so beautiful by the paintings of Jacqui Beck as shown, is selling one-by-one all over the country. It is so gratifying to see books purchased by folks in very small towns where resources for the trans community are limited. <a href="http://www.lindagromkomd.com/">www.LindaGromkoMD.com</a></span>LindaGromkoMDTransgenderBooks.blogspothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18075274561545354491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5177458268801137216.post-24917416536677198052015-11-21T11:37:00.002-08:002015-11-21T11:37:37.244-08:00Aidan Key Gives Powerful Speech at Transgender Day of Remembrance Event at Seattle's City Hall.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aidan Key's address at the Transgender Day of Remembrance Ceremony at City Hall last night was one of the most powerful speeches I have ever heard. Congratulations, Aidan. In honor of this, I'm posting a painting done by Jacqui Beck specifically to represent Aidan and titled, "Standing Forth." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Understandably, it was chosen for the title page of "'Where's MY Book?' A Guide for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth, Their Parents, & Everyone Else." Extraordinary speech, extraordinary event. </span></div>
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LindaGromkoMDTransgenderBooks.blogspothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18075274561545354491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5177458268801137216.post-82576128554766247522015-11-15T23:01:00.003-08:002015-11-15T23:01:43.518-08:00Thank you for the early reviews!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To Amazon buyers, thank you so very much for a couple of early reviews! Reviews mean a lot in promoting any book, and I am grateful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We all know how important this book is: whether it's a puberty book for a young teen or the puberty book <strong><em>you</em></strong> never had, this book will provide a great deal of information. And information saves lives!</span><br />
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</span>LindaGromkoMDTransgenderBooks.blogspothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18075274561545354491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5177458268801137216.post-35968459363633051682015-10-31T14:01:00.002-07:002015-10-31T18:06:17.560-07:00New Transgender Book is Born<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's nothing like picking up the first copies of a newly born book! Writing </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><em>Where's MY Book? A Guide for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth, Their Parents & Everyone Else </em></strong>has been a labor of love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Having worked with transgender clients for almost eighteen years, I have long recognized the need for credible information - particularly for young people. But even for people who've already transitioned years ago, <strong><em>this is the puberty book you never had!</em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This book is enormously enhanced by the artwork of Jacqui Beck - many of the paintings in this book come from her Gender Personal Exhibit (<a href="http://www.jacquibeck.com/">www.JacquiBeck.com</a>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I rated the book <strong><em>"R for Realistic." </em></strong>We use real words, and show real anatomic illustrations. Too much realism? I don't think so. The people I treat have already been all over the Internet!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The book will be available shortly on Amazon.com, and in e-Book formats through Kindle and Nook. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Take care,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Linda Gromko, MD</span>LindaGromkoMDTransgenderBooks.blogspothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18075274561545354491noreply@blogger.com0