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Calling My Deadname Home

The Trans Bear Diaries

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Calling My Deadname Home

By: Avi Ben Zeev
Narrated by: Avi Ben Zeev
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In this extraordinarily compelling trans memoir, Avi, a bearish trans man and Psychology Professor, navigates sex and dating in a phallic-centric universe of men who love men. But something is missing. To become the man he aspires to be, he needs to reconnect with Talia, his hyper-feminine straight female past, and invite her back in.

This memoir explores what it means to come home to oneself with brutal honesty, humour, and self-compassion, going well beyond gender. From growing up in a working-class right-wing Israeli family and barely finishing high school to pro-Palestinian activism and escaping compulsory military service by faking madness, to attaining a PhD from Yale–a triumph after poor schooling. Told in three episodes, early transition, later transition and Talia's story, this memoir tackles contemporary gender and social issues. At its heart is a universal theme: to become who we already are, we must integrate the past into the present.

©2024 Avi Ben Zeev (P)2024 W.F. Howes Ltd.
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Brave, bold, raw, political, profound, graphic, authentic, heartbreaking, sweet, funny, revealing, healing for my own queer wounding and my dear bear, such an altogether deliciously complex, very compassionate and utterly compelling read. Thank you for your courageous truth and such brave and generous vulnerability for exposing your beautiful soul.

A wonder of bitter-sweet otherness

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