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.
Full title: "Understanding Cross-dressing" by Virginia Prince.According to IFGE, "This book has been published to serve two different purposes for two different groups of people. Not surprisingly the two groups are (1) those who are cross dressers, and (2) those who are not. The needs of these two groups are different; those who cross dress already know what it is like and the satisfactions they obtain from that behavior pattern, but in many cases they don't have much understanding of why they do it.Moreover, great numbers of cross dressers think that they are the only ones in the world who
1976,
English,
USA,
Virginia Prince,
Full title: "Transvestites and Transsexuals: Mixed Views" by Deborah Heller Feinbloom."The author, a sociology graduate student, gained her entry into the curious world of transvestites in 1968 on the strength of her friendship with a teaching colleague, Phil, recently dismissed after being discovered in flagrante cross-dressed as Helen. For eight months, Feinbloom did fieldwork at the weekly gatherings of a strictly heterosexual organization established for the relief of anxiety over ""dressing""-- meetings which sometimes included wives and girl friends trying to adjust to behavior their me
1976,
Deborah Heller Feinbloom,
English,
Original title: "Murasaki no rirekisho" 紫の履歴書 (Purple Resume) by Akihiro Miwa 美輪 明宏. The book is an autobiography of Akihiro Miwa and was republished in 1992 and 2007.Born in Nagasaki City in
1935, she made her debut as a professional singer at the age of seventeen. In 1957, "Mekemeke" was a big hit, and she took the world by storm with her natural good looks and unique fashion.In 1966, she attracted attention again with her self-composed "Yoitomake no Uta", and the following year she starred in Shuji Terayama's "Hunchback Man of Aomori Prefecture" and "Fur Mary". In 1968, she starred in "Bla
1976,
Akihiro Miwa,
Japanese,
"Kunō: aru seitenkansha no kokuhaku = Conundrum" (Agony: Confession of a Transsexual = Conundrum) is the Japanese language edition of "Conundrum" by Jan Morris.I found this nice intro on Goodreads: "The great travel writer Jan Morris was born James Morris. James Morris distinguished himself in the British military, became a successful and physically daring reporter, climbed mountains, crossed deserts, and established a reputation as a historian of the British empire. He was happily married, with several children. To all appearances, he was not only a man, but a man’s man."And here is an excer
1976,
Georges Burou,
Jan Morris,
Japanese,
Original title: "Gli Uni & Gli Altri: Travestiti e Travestimenti nell’Arte, nel cinema, nel teatro, nella musica, nel cabaret e nella vita quotidiana" (One & The Other. Travesti in art, in cinema, in theater, in music, in cabaret, and in everyday life) by Gillo Dorfles, Giovanni Buttagava, Gianni Romoli, Peppo Delconte, Carlo Romano.In society "they" do not recognize
"the Others". The mask has always attenuated the contrasts and exalted the
shadow ambiguity. This collection of essays aims
to seize a particular moment of the mask, stand it out in its actuality when one becomes the othe
1976,
Carlo Romano,
Gianni Romoli,
Gillo Dorfles,
Giovanni Buttagava,
Italian,
Peppo Delconte,
Original title: "Io, la "Romanina": perchè sono diventato dolonna" (Me, the "Romanina": why I became a woman) by Romina Cecconi.The book is a document written by Romina Cecconi, born in 1941, one of the pioneers of the Italian transgender community. The story is presented with remarkable intelligence and verve. It is the experience of a transgender woman. One is struck by the willpower, by the humanity always intact, by the sense of humor of this person who was persecuted by others and, like many, had no choice but to live from prostitution.Remarkable is the description of the "deep
1976,
Italian,
Romina Cecconi,
Full title: "As a Woman" by Barry Kay."As a Woman" is a collection of 17 photos taken between 1974-1975 by Barry Kay that were featured in his photographic essay book, As a Woman (1976). These photographs are one of the multiple collections from the Transas City website. The book features photographs of crossdressers and transsexuals living in Sydney, Australia, detailing the everyday lives of those depicted.From Barry Kay’s preface to the book: "During many return visits to Australia over the past fifteen years, I have seen the steady emergence of male transvestisism in Sydney and also
1976,
Australia,
Barry Kay,
English,
