Narrates the inner life of a gay man moving through the shifting social, political, and medical mores of the second half of the 20th century. Sullivan kept comprehensive journals from age 11 until his AIDS-related death at 39. Sensual, lascivious, challenging, quotidian and poetic, the diaries complicate and disrupt normative trans narratives. Entries from twenty-four diaries reveal Sullivan's self-articulation and the complexity of a fascinating and courageous figure. --
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note: 'My own interpretation of happiness' : an introduction to the journals of Lou Sullivan / Susan Stryker -- Editors' note / Ellis Martin and Zach Ozma -- January 1961 - June 1969 -- June 1969 - August 1970 -- September 1970 - January 1975 -- February 1975 - July 1975 -- August 1975 - June 1976 -- July 1976 - January 1977 -- February 1977 - June 1981 -- June 1981 - January 1982 -- February 1982 - November 1986 -- December 1986 - March 1991.