Helen Boyd


Helen Boyd is the pen name of Gail Kramer, the American author of two books about her relationship with her trans partner. Her partner is referred to in both books as "Betty Crow", though this is also a pseudonym.

Biography

Helen Boyd graduated Phi Beta Kappa from The City College of New York in 1995 with a degree in literature. She has been a guest speaker at trans conferences, including the IFGE, First Event, Fantasia Fair, Southern Comfort, the Chicago Be-All, and also at special events like Trans Issues Week at Yale University. Helen and Betty have spoken about LGBT marriage on PBS's In The Life. As of 2011, she is also a Lecturer of Gender and Freshman Studies at Lawrence University.
Boyd also runs , a message board for the discussion of crossdressing- and transgender-related topics. The community associated with the board is noted for its willingness to debate sacred cows of the transgender community.

''My Husband Betty''

My Husband Betty is a non-fiction book by author Helen Boyd about crossdressers and their partners. It was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award.
Unlike many other books about the topic of crossdressing, it is written specifically from the partner's point of view by a partner and takes a distinctively feminist approach. Although the author's husband was a crossdresser at the time of publication, she now considers herself "trans", a word chosen specifically because it was less well defined than "transgender".

''She's Not The Man I Married''

Boyd's second book is She's Not the Man I Married: My Life with a Transgender Husband.