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.
2016,
Helena Vuković,
Maja Bekčić Petrović,
Serbia,
Serbian,
Original title: "Major i Helena: priča o vojniku koji se nije predao" (Major and Helena: The Story of a Soldier Who Did Not Surrender) by Maja Bekčić Petrović.
"Major and Helena" is a biography of Helena Vuković, a retired major of the Serbian Army who comes out as a trans woman. As the description of the book states, "She showed that she is braver than most men in Serbia".
The book describes her sacrifice and willingness to lose a lot to persuade society to see her as an educated woman with manners. Author Maja Bekčić Petrović wrote Helena's biography, which is full of happy and sad scenes at the same time. It showed Helena's life struggles with herself, and her confrontation with her family, wife, and society.
The book is significant for the LGBT+ community, but also for Serbia, because it showed that it can change, that it can accept diversity and punish discrimination. The heroine of the book, Helena Vuković, was an estranged son, a caring and devoted husband and father, as well as a top soldier and collaborator, who underwent sex reassignment surgery and became one of the most famous trans activists in Serbia.
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