Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man

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Title: Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man
Authors: Chaz Bono with Billie Fitzpatrick
Publisher: Dutton
Year: 2011
255 pages

Chaz Bono reitterates his life and coming out process, here from an acknowledged transgender perspective. The writing is often repetitive, but read simply as a memoir it's a useful addition to the literature. It's also an interesting illustration of how we interpret ourselves and our stories post hoc; Bono and I share a number of characteristics and experiences, but understand them differently in relation to our identities. What matters, of course, is not that one of us must be wrong, but that we are both right about ourselves, and at peace.