Transgender Profiles: Time for a Change - Hardcover

Linda DeFruscio-Robinson is the founder of A & A Laser, Electrolysis & Skin Care Associates Inc. of Newtonville, Massachusetts. She has over forty years of electrolysis and skin care experience and has been practicing laser hair removal for over twenty years. A lifelong author, Linda's articles on skin care and hair removal have been published in many national and international journals. Her first full-length book, a memoir called Cornered: Dr. Richard J. Sharpe as I Knew Him, was published in 2015. Linda and her husband, Greg, live outside of Boston. The couple has three sons and five grandchildren. They enjoy many activities together in their leisure time, including yoga, day trips, tennis, bowling, and long walks near the ocean.

''A comprehensive and enlightening must-read primer for anyone who is beginning their transition from male to female or female to male...As they share personal heartfelt stories, a thread of commonality shows the reader the importance of living your truth, loving yourself, and teaching others the importance of tolerance and acceptance. Linda brilliantly peppers these incredible stories by sharing her perspective as their electrologist while also educating her readers on what it means to be transgender.'' --Jeanette Renee; TLC's ''I Am Jazz''

''Linda provides us with incredibly valuable medical information, stemming from her impressive breadth of professional experience and personal encounters. Not only does this work open one's eyes and mind to the transgender community, it goes beyond that to remind us of the importance of loving and caring for one another. Thanks to people like Linda DeFruscio, our world is becoming a more accepting and safer place.'' --Andrew J. Safioleas, PharmD, MBA, PRS, RPh; Inpatient Pharmacist and Music Instructor

''This clear, helpful collection tells many of our stories in the irreplaceable and accessible form of brief oral histories; it's also got information about the medical and skin-related services that we may need, that some of us don't understand, and that she both understands and provides. A lot of people will learn a lot from this book.'' --Stephanie Burt; Professor of English, Harvard University