TY - BOOK AU - Thorp, J. M. TI - A change for good SN - 1877340073 AV - HQ77.8.T56 A3 2006 U1 - 306.768 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Auckland, N.Z. PB - Cape Catley KW - Thorp, J. M. KW - Female-to-male transsexuals KW - England KW - Biography KW - New Zealand KW - Transsexualism KW - Biographies KW - fast N1 - At head of cover title: When she became he; "The book that challenges everyone's prejudices"--Cover N2 - Research scientist John Thorp began life with the outward appearance of a female but with the mind and spirit of a male. With puberty came increasing confusion and distress. Although graduating MSc and then PhD and lecturing in chemistry at Guy's Hospital Medical School, the young Josephine (Jo) Thorp faced derision and isolation from society. The story, candid and often funny as well as piercingly sad, overwelmingly shows that what is not understood is so often feared and mocked ER -