Max Wolf Valerio

Max Wolf Valerio (born February 16, 1957) is an American poet, memoir writer, essayist and actor. He lives in San Francisco, California. He is ethnically Blackfoot Indian, Sephardic Jewish, and Northern European.

Valerio's 2006 memoir "The Testosterone Files" describes his experience as a female-to-male transsexual. He performs poetry and acts on both film and stage.

Works

• The Testosterone Files: My social and hormonal transition from female to male (Memoir, 2006)
• This Bridge We Call Home (Anthology, 2002)
• The Phallus Palace (Anthology, 2002)
• Male Lust (Anthology, 2000)
• This Bridge Called My Back (Anthology, 1981 [pre-transition])

Filmography

• Unhung Heroes (Film, 2002)
• Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting (Documentary, 1999)
• Female Misbehavior (Documentary, 1992)

Sources

• Max Wolf Valerio at the Internet Movie Database
• "About the Authors." (Summer, 2003) blithe house quarterly
• "Max Wolf Valerio." (January 16, 2006) The Other Voices International Project.

Further reading

• Flam, Faye (April 24, 2006). "She took the Testosterone Road to Manhood." Philadelphia Inquirer Retrieved April 30, 2006.