A random collection of over 1910 books and audiobooks authored by or about my transgender, intersex sisters, and gender-nonconforming persons all over the world. I read some of them, and I was inspired by some of them. I met some of the authors and heroines, some of them are my best friends, and I had the pleasure and honor of interviewing some of them. If you know of any transgender biography that I have not covered yet, please let me know.
2015,
Danish,
Michelle Klæstrup,
Original title: "Når Sjælen Brænder: En guide for transkønnede" (When the Soul Burns: A Guide for Transgender People) by Michelle Klæstrup.
For many years, Michelle Klæstrup struggled with anxiety, low self-esteem, and lack of self-confidence, fighting for her surroundings to perceive her as normal and completely ordinary. She did not dare to tell and involve others in the many terrible problems that were part of her daily life during these many years.
Today, she has freed herself from most of her demons, and now shares with readers her many years of experience.
This publication touches on the topics of gender identity, sexuality, and not least, psychological and physical influences.
According to Everybodywiki, Michelle Klæstrup was born as a biological boy in 1964 in Vesterbro. During her childhood, however, she lived in more than 20 different places, including orphanages. Her parents split shortly after Michelle was born, but Michelle later had a younger brother and sister with two different fathers. At the age of 17, Michelle began to wonder about her gender identity for the first time. Here she realized that she got a pleasant feeling from seeing herself look like a woman, and that she had actually felt that way since she was about 6 years old. In addition, Michelle had no desire for sex with women. She wanted to have sex with a man - though not as a man himself, but as a woman.
Throughout most of her life, she suppressed these feelings until she eventually felt too sad and isolated from the outside world and had to embrace herself and come out. As a result, she lost almost her entire social circle, and she was even - like so many other transgender people - rejected from treatment at the only public place that could help her, namely the Sexological Clinic. But Michelle fought on and started hormone treatment and later began to have the courage to live as a woman.
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