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: "Transformations: Crossdressers and Those Who Love Them" by Mariette Pathy Allen.
According to Mariette Pathy Allen's website, Mariette Pathy Allen has been photographing the transgender community for over 40 years. Through her artistic practice, she has been a pioneering force in gender consciousness, contributing to numerous cultural and academic publications about gender variance and lecturing throughout the globe.
Her first book "Transformations: Crossdressers and Those Who Love Them" was groundbreaking in its investigation of a misunderstood community. Her second book "The Gender Frontier" is a collection of photographs, interviews, and essays covering political activism, youth, and the range of people that identify as transgender in mainland USA. It won the 2004 Lambda Literary Award in the Transgender/Genderqueer category. Daylight Books has published Mariette’s books, “TransCuba” in 2014, and her new book "Transcendents: Spirit Mediums in Burma and Thailand" in 2017.
1990,
English,
Mariette Pathy Allen,
USA,
Full title: "Sisterhood: The untold story" by Joash Moo.
The book presents oral histories of the transvestites and transsexuals of Singapore. Oooooh, I love men! "Homo", "Ah Qua", "Bapok"; the transvestites and transsexuals of Singapore have long been a much maligned and misunderstood section of our society. But through the experiences of lascivious prostitutes, effeminate national servicemen, the pansy undergraduate - characters – which we recognise in life the masks of mascara and frivolity are stripped bare to expose their innermost feelings and private lives. And there has been much to share...
From the first stirring realisations of adolescent lust; the shock and guilt of sexual desires; the pain following insults, abuse, and rejection; the terrifying dilemma of a sex-change operation to the ecstasy of marriage, we are plunged into the helter-skelter world of the "sisters". In Sisterhood: The Untold Story, Joash Moo shatters the prejudices and taboos of our AIDS-mania age in an honest, never-before revealed peek at the exaggerated swing of the bottom, the generous bosoms, and the girlish mannerisms. Sisterhood is a collection of true stories, based either on interviews or actual persons known to the author.
1990,
English,
Joash Moo,
Singapore,
Full title: "The Official Autobiography of Sex-Change" by Stephanie Anne Lloyd.
I have never had a chance to talk to Stephanie, and I wish I could. Her life was inspirational and full of extraordinary events. She was a British businesswoman and hotelier, known for her participation in the reality television series about her Hotel Stephanie for BBC Wales in 2008 and 2009.
In 1984 she established Transformation, a business catering to the transgender and transvestite community. Her website is still online, offering a variety of feminizing medicine and clothes. She wrote: "At the age of 68, I have lived just over 50% of my life as a woman and the other half as a man. If women knew how much easier it is for men I am sure there would be a revolution. Hopefully this very personal and honest account will give a unique perspective of the real differences between the sexes and also make the path of those who follow in my footsteps somewhat easier in these more enlightened times."
1990,
English,
Stephanie Anne Booth,
Stephanie Anne Lloyd,
