{"product_id":"becoming-him","title":"Becoming Him","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn April 1981, Landa Mabenge enters this world, trapped in a girlÕs body.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the start, Landa is aware that he does not relate to his female form, despite being socialised as a girl. At age 11 his world is shattered, when an angry woman and her zombie-like husband arrive in Umtata \u003cbr\u003e\nto force him to accompany them to Port Elizabeth.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eLife in PE with ÔThe ParentsÕ soon morphs into a Dickensian nightmare. Landa is subjected to horrific abuse as he descends into a world of isolation and shame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt 18 Landa is finally able to escape PE to study at UCT, where he tries to embrace life as a butch lesbian, but he remains tortured by his female body. After a close-to-death break down, Landa finds strength to embark on an arduous four-year-long journey to physically and legally become ÒHimÓ. In 2014, he makes history by becoming the first known transgender man in South Africa to successfully motivate a medical aid to pay for his surgeries.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eBoth heartbreaking and uplifting, Becoming Him is a groundbreaking story of torture and triumph, bravely opening the lid on cultural shame and abuse against those who choose a path less travelled.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Landa Mabenge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44233198633121,"sku":"9781304992093","price":39.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/45v6pee-front-shortedge-384_46718eb3-157a-4733-a654-3f6e211d4ab9.jpg?v=1748357810","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/becoming-him","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}