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The Last Time I Wore a Dress
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The Last Time I Wore a Dress Paperback - 1998

by Scholinski, Daphne

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At 15, Daphne Scholinski was committed to a mental institution and awarded the dubious diagnosis of "Gender Identity Disorder". "The voice of Daphne's teenage self--bewildered, frank, aching, and defiant--is so vivid it's like hearing a confidence whispered across a dormitory room deep in the night".--"Harper's Bazaar".

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  • Title The Last Time I Wore a Dress
  • Author Scholinski, Daphne
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York
  • Date 1998-10-01
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 4906821-6
  • ISBN 9781573226967 / 1573226963
  • Weight 0.53 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.31 x 5.5 x 0.63 in (23.65 x 13.97 x 1.60 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Coming of Age
    • Topical: Lgbt
  • Library of Congress subjects Scholinski, Daphne - Health, Gender identity disorders - Patients -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97017321
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Summary

At fifteen years old, Daphne Scholinski was committed to a mental institution and awarded the dubious diagnosis of "Gender Identity Disorder." She spent three years--and over a million dollars of insurance--"treating" the problem...with makeup lessons and instructions in how to walk like a girl. Daphne's story--which is, sadly, not that unusual--has already received attention from such shows as "20/20," "Dateline," "Today," and "Leeza." But her memoir, bound to become a classic, tells the story in a funny, ironic, unforgettable voice that "isn't all grim; Scholinski tells her story in beautifully evocative prose and mines her experiences for every last drop of ironic humor, determined to have the last laugh." (Time Out New York)

From the publisher

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.

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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.