Reddit reviews Female Masculinity

You can read more about this question in the The Drag King Anthology:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1560233095/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_0aB4Db44X653Y

If I’m remembering right, it’s also addressed in Female Masculinity:

Female Masculinity https://www.amazon.com/dp/0822322439/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_wcB4DbMK3K39Q

Once you finish that, I'd recommend:

Stone Butch Blues

Female Masculinity

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name

SCAB Manifesto

Oddly enough I'm not really well versed in queer non-fiction about trans women, which is ironic since I am a trans woman.

And these are the theoretical foundations of queer theory:

The History of Sexuality

Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity

And last but not least, a short pamphlet giving an indigenous person's perspective "Gays: Guardians of the Gates"

Here's my list so far. It's a mix of FTM-specific, general trans, and gender studies books, including essays, memoir, and more academic works. In no particular order:

Gender Trouble by Judith Butler


Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us by Kate Bornstein

Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation by Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman


Nina Here Nor There by Nick Krieger

Female Masculinity by Judith Halberstam

Nobody Passes - Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity edited by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore


Whipping Girl by Julia Serano


How Sex Changed: A History of Transexuality in the United States by Joanne Meyerowitz

Becoming a Visible Man by Jamison Green

Queer Theory, Gender Theory: An Instant Primer by Riki Wilchins

PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality edited by Carol Queen

Genderqueer: Voices From Beyond the Sexual Binary edited by Joan Nestle

From the Inside Out: Radical Gender Transformation, FTM and Beyond edited by Morty Diamond

Second Son by Ryan Sallans

Why are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots? by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

and the must-read fiction:

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

I'll edit this if I can find any others, I'm probably missing a couple. Been a big non-fiction reading year for me!

EDIT: Edited to add links, and a few more on my wish list I haven't picked up yet.

Letters for my Brothers: Transitional Wisdom in Retrospect edited By Megan M. Rohrer, M.Div. & Zander Keig, M.SW.

That's Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation edited by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

Transgender Voices: Beyond Women and Men by Lori B. Girshick

Just Add Hormones: An Insider's Guide to the Transsexual Experience by Matt Kailey

The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male by Max Wolf Valerio

Here are some that seem particularly relevant:

• Donna Haraway, "A Cyborg Manifesto"; Full text in the link, influential article of breaking up the boundaries between human, animal and technology. Somewhat controversial.
  
• Beatriz Preciado, "Counter-Sexual Manidesto"; Excerpt in the link. Not sure whether there's a full English translation, the original is Spanish, and there is a full German translation. Building upon Haraway's manifesto it describe how sexual practices could be used to actively reinvent gender.
  
• Batriz Preciado, "Testo Junkie"; Only recently translated into English. Personal report of Preciado's experiences with taking testosterone; Not as a method of transitioning, but as a form of experimentation, what she calls "gender hacking".
  
• Judith/Jack Halberstam, "Female Masculinity"; Again a book by Halberstam. This one is about "female" appropriation of masculine acts. E.g. Butch people, drag kings, etc.
  
• Judith Butler, "Undoing Gender"; Judith Butler is more or less inescapable if you get more deeply into gender theory. This book is probably her most accessible book, and it focuses (at least mostly) on "non-standard" forms of gender and sexuality.