Gender 101: An A-Z Handbook & Exploration (ePub)

Gender diversity is an umbrella term used to describe gender identities that demonstrate a diversity of expression beyond the binary framework. It refers to how a person's gender identity, role, or expression differs from the cultural norms prescribed for people of a particular sex. Ms. Savannah Hauk, as a person on their own continuing journey of discovering what it means to express themselves in a way outside their binary birth sex, explores the mythos of the established Western Culture view of gender and what has been set as determinable as socially acceptable when it comes to proper gender presentation.

In Gender 101: An A-Z Handbook & Exploration, Ms. Hauk tackles the following:

• How our gender identity is based on more than our biology or genitalia.
• How there is so much gender diversity in the rest of the animal kingdom.
• How gender dysphoria can be tied to existing scientific evidence.
• Where researchers got gender diversity right and where they got it wrong.
• How descriptive gender labels became stigmatized, and how we are 'taking them back.'
• How what we wear and how often we express ourselves is reflective of our authentic gender identity.
• How our concept of self is critical in defining true authentic gender identity.

Gender 101: An A-Z Handbook & Exploration is a study of how one's gender-diverse presentation and persona is one shining star in a galaxy of options, a lesson in breaking down pre-conceived notions about gender, and how the concept of our ideal and authentic self is informed and influenced by both external forces and internal struggles. For anyone looking for a culmination of ideas concerning how one sees one's gender and how to develop a stronger and prouder sense of self, this book is for you!

Detroit-born Savannah Hauk is an author, podcaster, LGBTQIA+ advocate and two-time TEDx Speaker. She lives a confident, visible and successful male-to-female dual gender life. Through a lifetime of experience and research, Savannah has come to understand the many reasons men need to express a more feminine persona, the struggles and fears they face, and the weight of the transgender labels they accept but may not truly or fully understand.

Her eLit award-winning Living with Crossdressing book series was written to demystify and destigmatize the dual gender experience for both crossdressing men and the people who love them. Savannah also co-hosts the weekly The Fox and the Phoenix Podcast, reinforcing the same positive and inclusive message of diverse gender identity and multiple expression.