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.
Original title: "Vouloir être: transsexuelle, femme et mère" (Wanting to be: transsexual, woman and mother) by Marie-Josée Enard, afterword by Catherine Rihoit.This incredible story raises many questions. The truth is that the child is hermaphrodite: the sex of angels. But angels, we love them in heaven, that is to say dead, they have absolutely no place here below. Marie-Josée dreams with such force that it becomes real. And yet she has to wake up. And when she wakes up, she's in the middle of a nightmare.As in the past, when the other children refused to play with her and called her a “chic
1982,
French,
Marie-Josée Enard,
"Tula: Ik ben een vrouw" (Tula: I am a woman) is the Dutch language edition of "Tula: I am a Woman" (1982) by Caroline Cossey.She is one of the most iconic figures in the history of the transgender movement. She is also one of my biggest inspirations. This is her first memoir, published in 1982.Caroline Cossey is a British model who often worked under the name Tula, which she also used for two memoirs. She appeared in the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only. Following her appearance in the film, she was outed as transgender by the British tabloid News of the World. In 1991, she becam
1982,
Caroline Cossey,
Dutch,
Tula,
Original title: "La prise de robe, itinéraire d'une transsexualité vécue" (Dressing up, route of a lived transsexuality). The book was the first autobiography written by Ovida Delect.According to Wikipedia, Ovida Delect (1926-1996) was a French poet, politician, and member of the French resistance during the Second World War. In February 1944 she was arrested by the Gestapo for being a member of the National Front, a movement created by the French Communist Party (PCF). She was tortured and deported to a German concentration camp.After the war, she finished her university education and became
1982,
French,
Ovida Delect,
Full title: "The Gender Trap: The moving autobiography of Chris & Cathy, the first transexual parents" by Chris Johnson and Cathy Brown, with Wendy NelsonThe book presents the story of the first British transgender couple, Christopher Brown, formerly Anne Johnson, and Cathy Browne, formerly Eugene Brown, from Handsworth, Birmingham. Both of them transitioned after their daughter was born.I found one article about them in the Digital Transgender Archive portal: "Cathy was born Eugene in Belfast. Her parents were travelers, her father in and out of jail. At 14, she was placed in Borsta
1982,
Cathy Brown,
Chris Johnson,
England,
English,
UK,
Full title: "April Ashley's Odyssey" by Duncan Fallowell and April Ashley.It was the first biography of April Ashley, written by Duncan Fallowell and April Ashley herself. April Ashley (1935–2021) was an English model, actress, cabaret artist, and celebrity. Outed as a transgender woman by The Sunday People newspaper in 1961, she was one of the earliest British people known to have undergone gender reassignment surgery.After a short episode in the Merchant Navy, she started cross-dressing and she moved to Paris in the late 1950s, using the name Toni April. She joined the entertainer Coccinell
1982,
April Ashley,
Coccinelle,
Duncan Fallowell,
English,
Full title: "Tula: I am a Woman" by Caroline Cossey.She is one of the most iconic figures in the history of the transgender movement. She is also one of my biggest inspirations. This is her first memoir, published in 1982. Caroline Cossey is a British model who often worked under the name Tula, which she also used for two memoirs. She appeared in the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only. Following her appearance in the film, she was outed as transgender by the British tabloid News of the World. In 1991, she became the first trans woman to pose for Playboy. Since then sh
1982,
Caroline Cossey,
English,
Tula,
UK,
