Description
UPDATED WITH A NEW EPILOGUE
At fifteen years old, Daphne Scholinski was committed to a mental institution and awarded the dubious diagnosis of Gender Identity Disorder. For three years and more than a million dollars of insurance, the problem was "treated"--with makeup lessons and instructions in how to walk like a girl. With a new epilogue by Scholinski, whose name is now Dylan and who identifies as nonbinary, this revised paperback edition of The Last Time I Wore a Dress looks back at those experiences and their life since. It chronicles the journey of coming into oneself and gaining a nuanced, freeing understanding of being born transgender. This memoir tells Dylan Scholinski's remarkable story in an honest, unforgettable voice that's both heartbreaking and hopeful.
Author: Dylan Scholinski
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 10/01/1998
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 9.31h x 5.50w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9781573226967
ISBN10: 1573226963
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Social Science | Gender Studies
- Family & Relationships | Life Stages | Teenagers
At fifteen years old, Daphne Scholinski was committed to a mental institution and awarded the dubious diagnosis of Gender Identity Disorder. For three years and more than a million dollars of insurance, the problem was "treated"--with makeup lessons and instructions in how to walk like a girl. With a new epilogue by Scholinski, whose name is now Dylan and who identifies as nonbinary, this revised paperback edition of The Last Time I Wore a Dress looks back at those experiences and their life since. It chronicles the journey of coming into oneself and gaining a nuanced, freeing understanding of being born transgender. This memoir tells Dylan Scholinski's remarkable story in an honest, unforgettable voice that's both heartbreaking and hopeful.
Author: Dylan Scholinski
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 10/01/1998
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 9.31h x 5.50w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9781573226967
ISBN10: 1573226963
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Social Science | Gender Studies
- Family & Relationships | Life Stages | Teenagers
About the Author
Daphne Scholinski is an artist who lives in San Francisco. She is also an activist who speaks at colleges and universities about psychiatric abuse of gay and lesbian teenagers. She was a speaker at the NGO Conference on Women in Beijing, and her story has appeared on ABC-TV?S 20/20.