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: "Das Land der 300.000 Ladyboys: Alles über Thailands Transgender-Kultur" (The Land of 300,000 Ladyboys: All About Thailand's Transgender Culture) by Clemens Maria Albert.
While discussions about all forms of LGBTQIA+ have flared up in Western countries, the third gender has a long tradition in Thailand. The number of "ladyboys", as transgender people are called in Thailand, is increasing year after year in the "Land of Smiles". Thai society has become more enlightened and open, not least due to the Internet, and more and more young men feel encouraged to "come out" if they believe they were born in the wrong body. Experts estimate that in a survey, up to 300,000 Thai men would state "female" as gender. Statistically, every twentieth of the 20- to 30-year-old Thais is transgender.
2023,
Clemens Maria Albert,
German,
Thailand,
