had been hesitant, for one reason, because there were many dangers to the surgery at that time. He also hesitated because his career had been built around a reputation as a lesbian writer and activist. Califia had entered age-related perimenopause when he began his transition. He has stated that being a man or a woman was never a good fit for him but sex reassignment seemed to be the most reasonable option. Selected bibliography Non-fiction Sapphistry: The Book of Lesbian Sexuality (1980) () Public Sex: The Culture of Radical Sex (1994) () Feminism and Sadomasochism, a chapter/article in Feminism and Sexuality: A Reader (1996) (edited by Stevi Jackson and Sue Scott) () Sex Changes: The Politics of Transgenderism (1997) () Speaking Sex to Power: The Politics of Queer Sex (2001) () Fiction Macho Sluts: Erotic Fiction (July 1994) () (as editor) Doing It for Daddy: Short and Sexy Fiction about a Very Forbidden Fantasy (December 1994) () Doc and Fluff: The Dystopian Tale of a Girl and Her Biker (May 2000) () No Mercy: Short Stories (June 2000) () Melting Point (November 2000) () See also Catacombs (sex club) References External links Pat Califia—A three-part interview at Technodyke.com The First Duty of a Revolutionary is to Survive, a 1995 interview published in the free quarterly San Francisco leather zine Cuir Underground Era of the Gender Crosser BDSM activists BDSM writers American essayists American male essayists Feminist studies scholars Queer theorists Transgender men American transgender writers Feminism and transgender Bisexual men 1954 births Living people University of Utah alumni People from Corpus Christi, Texas American erotica writers Lambda Literary Award winners Leather subculture Writers from San Francisco Sex-positive feminists LGBT Latter Day Saints LGBT people from Texas LGBT people from Florida Male feminists Lesbian BDSM Bisexual feminists San Francisco State University alumni American bisexual writers