Part coming-of-age story, part mind-altering manifesto on gender and sexuality, coming directly to you from the life experiences of a transsexual woman, Gender Outlaw breaks all the rules and leaves the reader forever changed.

Includes the text of the play, Hidden: a gender.

Pt. 1.First things first -- 1. Transgender style : some fashion tips -- pt. 2. Sorting seeds -- 2. The hard part -- 3. Interlude : -- Nuts and bolts -- 4. Naming all the parts -- 5. Interlude : -- The lesbian thing -- 6. Abandon your tedious search! The rulebook has been found! -- pt. 3. Claiming power -- 7. Which outlaws? or, Who was that masked man? -- 8. Gender terror, gender rage -- 9. Send in the clowns -- 10. First you die, and then you get their attention -- pt. 4. A gender interrogatory -- 11. The first question, or, They have those funny, staring eyes -- 12. The other questions -- pt. 5. Creating a third space -- 12. Transsexual lesbian playwright tells all! -- 14. Queer life/queer theater -- pt. 6. Hidden : a gender, a play in two acts -- 15. Hidden : a gender -- pt. 7. The punchline -- 16. The seven year itch (what goes around, comes around) -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography.