Amanda Kovattana “The Unexpected Penis: Conversations on the Gender Trail"

Amanda Kovattana is a biracial, tri-cultural writer who grew up in Bangkok before immigrating to California in 1968. As a gender non-conforming child, living in Thailand, she benefited from the “third gender” culture of her Thai heritage. Her coming of age in the San Francisco Bay Area, as a lesbian, introduced her to the gay community and the evolving gay liberation movement. Her skill set draws from her engineer father teaching her how to fix things, while her mother’s profession, as a child therapist and family counselor, gave her an understanding of child development and neurodivergent brain styles. She is the author of two memoirs. Her recent book “The Unexpected Penis: Conversations on the Gender Trail” is a primer and memoir of her observations of the transgender phenomenon. Take a listen to her conversation with Dr. Wendy Walsh.