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: "Hung in the Middle: A Journey of Gender Discovery" by Alana Nicole Sholar.
Hung in the Middle: A Journey of Gender Discovery is an engaging and deeply personal memoir by Alana Nicole Sholar that chronicles her bittersweet journey of growing up transgender in Kentucky during an era when gender identity was taboo, misunderstood, and utterly silenced.
Born in 1961 as Alan, Alana’s early life unfolded in a close-knit, church-going family immersed in the rural traditions of central Kentucky’s Bluegrass region, an area renowned for its thoroughbred horse farms.
Alan’s childhood was marked by a secret, an inner truth that he didn’t yet understand but instinctively knew was essential to his sense of self. One of his earliest, most vivid memories, also featured on the book’s cover, was the sensation of putting on his mother’s clothes. This act, simple yet profound, gave Alan a fleeting but powerful glimpse into the person he was meant to be. Yet, the societal and cultural environment of 1960s rural Kentucky offered no safe space for such feelings to be voiced or explored. As a result, Alan spent years in self-denial and hiding, carrying his truth alone in silence.
For much of his early adult life, Alan worked a series of blue-collar jobs familiar to many middle-class Americans, laboring on Kentucky’s famed thoroughbred farms, training to become a jockey, working in construction, driving trucks, and factory work.
2012,
Alana Nicole Sholar,
English,
Interview,
USA,
Full title: "My HUSBAND Looks Better in Lingerie Than I Do ... DAMN" by Bobbie Thompson.
Bobbie Thompson’s memoir, My HUSBAND Looks Better in Lingerie Than I Do ... DAMN IT, offers a rare and deeply personal perspective rarely seen in the landscape of transgender narratives. As the devoted spouse of Alana Nicole Sholar, a transgender woman and author of Hung in the Middle: A Journey of Gender Discovery, Bobbie tells the story not of physical transformation, but of emotional and relational transition, of love, acceptance, and growth.
Bobbie and Alana’s story spans decades. They first met nearly 25 years before Bobbie’s memoir was published. Their relationship deepened during an intimate three-year period in the mid-1990s. But it wasn’t until 2006, when Bobbie saw Alana living authentically as a woman for the first time, that her world was turned upside down.
2014,
Alana Nicole Sholar,
Bobbie Thompson,
English,
Interview,
