Assigned at Birth: From Girlhood to Manhood in Middle America

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Assigned at Birth: From Girlhood to Manhood in Middle America is a fearless memoir in which Scott Gerdes stumbles along a trail from his 1960s Iowa “boyhood”—shadowed by rigid gender rules, society-induced fears, and family heartbreak—to receiving full gender-affirming surgery. With biting humor and searing honesty, Gerdes battles family dysfunction, stigma, and near-fatal lows, refusing to let the world define him. This is more than a coming-of-age story—it’s a rallying cry for anyone fighting to live and love as their true self.

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Starting in 7th grade, I knew something was wrong. Something was wrong with me. I battled thoughts and things no one knows about. I craved and begged for a future I didn’t think existed for me. I didn’t transition to become someone else. I transitioned so I could stop pretending that I was someone else.
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