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: "Not Your Average American Girl: A Memoir" by Christine Beatty.
"Christine Beatty’s memoir chronicles her odyssey from collegiate husband to transsexual prostitute, recovery from addiction, and the achievement of her most improbable dreams.
Set mostly in the purgatory of San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, her story guides readers on an intimate journey through worlds of hippies, strippers, soldiers, urban transsexuals, prostitutes, addicts, jail, skid row and finally recovery. Ascending against all odds in her career, she is also a pioneering rock musician, a controversial journalist and a survivor of the worst pandemic of the 1980s.
Told with the unflinching honesty of someone with nothing left to hide, the humor of a survivor who discovers silver linings in the darkest clouds, and the spirit of a rebel who refuses to be broken, Beatty’s is a tale of sublime pathos and the triumph of the human spirit. She proves you can’t keep a good woman down."
2011,
Christine Beatty,
English,
Interview,
Full title: "Misery Loves Company ver. 2" by Christine Beatty.
"Misery Loves Company ver.2 is an updated, 100-page re-release of Christine Beatty's 1993 semi-autobiographical collection of poignantly vivid sometimes brutal short stories and poetry, a perky, suicidal plunge into transsexual transition in mid-1980s San Francisco.
This book takes the reader to a place most people never see, a poignant peek into the twilight world of San Francisco's meanest district, offering insight into an ordinary person's burgeoning self-awareness and shocking discoveries.
It pulls back the curtain on a world of prostitution, spiraling addiction, borderline insanity, and the beginnings of redemption. Enhanced with illustrations by transsexual surreal artist Nola Van Della and photographs from the place where it all happened."
2010,
Christine Beatty,
English,
Interview,
