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.
2023,
Maja Heban,
Polish,
Original title: "Godność proszę. O transpłciowości, gniewie i nadziei" (Dignity please. About transgender, anger and hope) by Maja Heban.
What do transgender people face on a daily basis? What legal, social, and medical aspects affect their daily lives? How do the media write about transgender people and what expectations are placed on them? Who and why smuggles into Poland a campaign to spread lies about the transition, which has already led to tragedy in Great Britain and the United States? And where is hope in all this?
This book is a personal manifesto and at the same time a continuation of the author's activist activity. Maja Heban sets two goals in it: to make it easier for cisgender people to understand transgenderism and to give their own community the satisfaction that postulates and thoughts shared by at least some people will be able to resound loudly.
The narration embedded in the author's biography is not intended to establish a canon of what transgenderism is and can be, because the experience and needs of each person are different. Through her personal perspective, however, the author wants to reach those who cannot empirically learn about transgenderism, but also to those who, while living with righteous anger directed at everyday difficulties, are looking for hope and equality.
Maja Heban is a Polish transactivist, vegan, and columnist at Noizz.pl.
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