My Brother My Sister, by Molly Haskell

My Brother My Sister: A Story of a Transformation

The Leonard Lopate Show | Sep 6, 2013

Film critic Molly Haskell explores the controversial subject of gender reassignment and transsexuals from both a personal and a social perspective. Her book My Brother My Sister: A Story of a Transformation is about her own brother’s decision to become a woman and chronicles his transformation into Ellen through a series of psychological evaluations, grueling surgeries, drug regimens, and fashion lessons.

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