- Title Pages
- Introduction
- Navis
- Gaydar
- Adult Art
- Sissy Boy
- Pete and Daniel
- Love the Soldier
- The Handoff
- Courtship
- Once, My Husband
- Jonas
- Self-Portrait
- On Peripersonal Space
- Without a Word
- Hejira
- Let Me Tell You About the Fireworks
- The Lesson
- Rabbit Heart
- Favorite Song
- Where Your Children Are
- Girlfriend
- I Thought I Heard the Shuffle of Angels’ Feet
- Discussion Guide
Jonas
Jonas
- Chapter:
- (p.113) Jonas
- Source:
- Every True Pleasure
- Author(s):
- Belle Boggs
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
Jonas, a short story by Belle Boggs, charts the journey of married couple Melinda and Jonas through Jonas's transition into becoming a woman-now called Joan-as the two negotiate the complicated realms of family, societal acceptance, and love.
Keywords: Jonas, Belle Boggs, short story, transsexual, surgery, transition, daughter, family, societal acceptance
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- Title Pages
- Introduction
- Navis
- Gaydar
- Adult Art
- Sissy Boy
- Pete and Daniel
- Love the Soldier
- The Handoff
- Courtship
- Once, My Husband
- Jonas
- Self-Portrait
- On Peripersonal Space
- Without a Word
- Hejira
- Let Me Tell You About the Fireworks
- The Lesson
- Rabbit Heart
- Favorite Song
- Where Your Children Are
- Girlfriend
- I Thought I Heard the Shuffle of Angels’ Feet
- Discussion Guide