Boyd's husband, who had long been open about being a cross-dresser, was considering living as a woman full time.

Suddenly, Boyd was confronted with the reality of what it would mean is her husband were actually to become a woman - socially, legally and medically.

As she struggles to understand the nature of passion and love, she shares her confusion and anger, analysing the ways in which relationships are gendered, and how we cope, or don't, with the emotional and sexual pressures that gender roles can bring to our relationships.