Synopsis

Your husband tells you he’s transsexual.

Do you drop him like a hot rock? Could it possibly work out? Read this book!

Includes: the transsexual process, talking to others, assessing your relationship, finding therapists, maintaining your marriage, jealousy, helping your children adjust, and more. Also, for the woman who falls in love with a transsexual.

It’s not all about him. It’s about you.

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Praise

“Being a transgender woman, it is easy for me to forget that it isn’t all about me. It helps me to relate better with my partner when I hear from another woman’s perspective. Although there were a few uncomfortable spots I would recommend this book to anyone that is considering or is already transitioning.”- Kristy Burney, Goodreads

Guest Review by Nora

If your spouse or partner recently came out as transgender and you’re wondering if this book is for you, trust me, it is! ‘It’s Not All About You: Living with a Transsexual Spouse or Partner,’ by Elisabeth L. Morrissey is a terrific book of advice for those who have recently realized that the person they were sharing their lives with is transgender.

It can be difficult to struggle with the question of what to do after your spouse tells you that they are trans. Of course, you want to be supportive, but where does this new information leave your marriage?

Elisabeth L. Morrissey has been married to a trans woman named Karen for twenty-five years, and, as such, she has a lot of knowledge about the trans community.

Although Karen was already living as a woman when she and Elisabeth met, Elisabeth has spent a lot of time researching laws regarding trans people and talking with people in the community about what they have dealt with in coming out. It’s a situation that not many people outside of the trans community talk about, but one that every married trans person and their spouse have to face.

Elisabeth offers a lot of useful advice from the pen of someone who has actual knowledge of the situation and I can see her advice being very helpful for anyone who is married to (or in a serious relationship with) a trans person.

From talking about how to obtain a good therapist or marriage counselor, to how to help your partner as they re-experience adolescence in the opposite gender, ‘It’s Not All About You,’ is exactly the type of resource that can come in clutch in a difficult time.

Although I have never personally experienced a spouse or partner coming out as trans, I have to say that I found this book very intriguing and informative. I am so happy that a book like this can be written, and I hope it helps anyone that reads it.

About the Author

Elisabeth Morrissey learned a lot as a volunteer for several years at the Gender Identity Center of Colorado, a transgender support organization, and from her twenty-five-year marriage to a male-to-female transsexual. She is otherwise a homemaker and support system for her spouse, Karen.

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