Lisa McIntyre - Transfixed

2020, English, Lisa McIntyre,

Full title: "Transfixed" by Lisa McIntyre.

Lisa McIntyre is an artist, author, and campaigner for disability rights. She is an active member of the Labour Party, Labour Representative Committee, and DPAC (Disabled People Against Cuts). She lives in Norwich UK.

I found this introduction on her website: "This book was written to explain to, and to perhaps educate those who are not trans, what the life of this trans woman actually is. I found it cathartic to write it all down and it's hopefully enlightening, as well as an entertaining and enjoyable read."

"Lisa McIntyre was born, apparently a boy, in Dumbarton, Scotland in 1964. She grew up just outside Glasgow in a tough working-class area of Scotland. The boy ‘Ally’, like many other teenagers in that environment, discovered alcohol, drugs and violence, and became an active member of one of the many street gangs that were rife in that area of Scotland during the 1970s and 1980s. Bloody street flights, knife crime and domestic violence at home were commonplace."

"This isn’t what makes Lisa’s story remarkable. The remarkable part of the story is that she knew from an early age, and during her time in the gangs that, the male body she inhabited never felt comfortable; in fact, it felt alien and completely wrong. She felt she was, contrary to her outward appearance, female. Transfixed charts the astonishing true story of how Ally became Lisa.

We follow Lisa’s journey through school and her adolescence. We see her struggle with her own identity, dressing in her sister’s clothes during snatched moments or an occasional day spent as ‘her’, while also being part of a violent street gang and trying to find acceptance as ‘him’."

Available via transfixed.uk

and Amazon

Photo via transfixed.uk