Helen Boyd

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Helen Boyd


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Helen Boyd is the author of My Husband Betty (Thunder’s Mouth, 2004) which was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award and is often referred to as the “field guide to crossdressers”. Her second book, She’s Not the Man I Married: My Life with a Transgender Husband (Seal Press, 2007), has been called “a postmodern reflection on transness” by Jennifer Finney Boylan. Her blog (en)gender can be found online at www.myhusbandbetty.com.

Boyd has been running online groups since 2000. She has presented workshops at many conferences and has given keynote talks at gatherings such as First Event. Helen and Betty appeared on The Dr. Keith Ablow Show and spoke about GLBT marriage on PBS’ In the Life (and Betty recently played herself on an historic episode
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Interview with Us

18 minutes of us talking about the trans, our relationship, being goth kids, and various other things.

Here’s a short piece I wrote about the experience of doing this interview, too.

A couple of weeks ago, I got flown to NYC to be interviewed, with Rachel, about our relationship. As you might know, Rachel and I have talked about our relationship on and off for 25 years. We don’t do it a lot anymore;

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Published on March 07, 2026 10:27
Average rating: 3.81 · 1,021 ratings · 111 reviews · 4 distinct worksSimilar authors
She's Not the Man I Married...

3.68 avg rating — 421 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions
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Take Me There

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My Husband Betty: Love, Sex...

3.73 avg rating — 277 ratings — published 2003 — 12 editions
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Crossdressing

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4.02 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions
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“I've had more than one person tell me how courageous and strong I am, how brave and cutting-edge. I'm not any of those things. I'm just another person living my life and trying to make my way in the world, a person who has found out that love is complicated and life is difficult, but that companionship is worth all the king's ransom.”
Helen Boyd, She's Not the Man I Married: My Life with a Transgender Husband

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