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.
The author of the book, Georgina Carol Somerset, (1923–2013), born George Turtle, a transgender woman who claimed to be intersex, was a British dentist and Royal Navy officer. This is her first publication. In 1992, she authored her second book "A Girl Called Georgina".
She was the first openly intersex person in the United Kingdom and the first intersex woman to be married in the Church of England. She felt female from a young age, so in 1957 she decided to undergo gender reassignment surgery, after being rejected by the eminent plastic surgeon Sir Harold Gillies, as she had turned up to her appointment in male clothes.
In 1960, she got a new birth certificate with her chosen name of Georgina Carol Turtle and her sex as female. In 1962, she married Christopher Somerset in St Margaret's, Westminster, London, which made her the first known woman to marry in a church after officially changing sex. Georgina died on 30 November 2013.
1963,
English,
Georgina Somerset,
Georgina Turtle,
UK,
Full title: "She-Male: The Sex-Reversal True Life Story of Coccinelle" by Carlson Wade.
The book is a biography of Jacqueline Charlotte Dufresnoy, also known by her stage name Coccinelle. She was a French actress, cabaret entertainer, and singer. She named herself Coccinelle (Ladybird), a tribute to a red dress with black polka dots that she often wore. She was born on August 23, 1931 in Paris, France and passed away on October 9, 2006 in Marseille, France.
She entered the French world of entertainment in 1953 at Madame Arthur and then at the Carrousel in Paris. This is when she met Bambi, another cabaret performer and legendary transgender icon. Coccinelle helped Bambi with her first performances and gave her shelter at her home.
1963,
Bambi,
Carlson Wade,
Coccinelle,
English,
Georges Burou,
Jacqueline Charlotte Dufresnoy,
Original title: "Elle est lui" (She is lui) by Mario A. Costa.
The book is a biography of Jacqueline Charlotte Dufresnoy, also known by her stage name Coccinelle. She was a French actress, cabaret entertainer, and singer. She named herself Coccinelle (Ladybird), a tribute to a red dress with black polka dots that she often wore. She was born on August 23, 1931 in Paris, France and passed away on October 9, 2006 in Marseille, France.
She entered the French world of entertainment in 1953 at Madame Arthur and then at the Carrousel in Paris. This is when she met Bambi, another cabaret performer and legendary transgender icon. Coccinelle helped Bambi with her first performances and gave her shelter at her home.
1963,
Bambi,
Coccinelle,
French,
Georges Burou,
Jacqueline Charlotte Dufresnoy,
Mario A. Costa,
Full title: "I Changed My Sex" by Hedy Jo Star.
The book was published in 1955 but I was not able to find the original cover of the first publication. This cover comes from an edition that was published in 1963. The book was reissued as "I changed my sex!": the autobiography of stripper Hedy Jo Star formerly Carl Hammonds; with an introduction by Edwin Poole" in 1980.
Hedy Jo Star (1920-1999) was an American showgirl, costumier, and business woman. She was born Carl Rollins Hammonds in Prague, Oklahoma, the eldest of seven children. According to Zagria's blog, she grew small breasts as a teenager, and her mother took her to several doctors including a ‘brain specialist’, but her parents would not consent to exploratory surgery.
1955,
1963,
1980,
English,
Hedy Jo Star,
USA,
