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: "Peninsula of Lies: A True Story of Mysterious Birth and Taboo Love" by Edward Ball.
"Peninsula of Lies is a nonfiction mystery, set in a haunting gothic locale and peopled by fascinating and eccentric characters. Its hero and heroine is Dawn Langley Simmons, a British writer who lived in Charleston, South Carolina, during the 1960s and became the center of one of the most unusual sexual scandals.
Born in England, Dawn began life as a boy named Gordon Langley Hall, the son of servants at Sissinghurst Castle, the estate of Vita Sackville-West. In his twenties he made his way to New York, where he wrote about and befriended great society ladies.
2005,
Dawn Langley Simmons,
Edward Ball,
English,
Full title: "Dawn: A Charleston Legend" by Dawn Langley Simmons.
"At birth in Sussex, England, Dawn Langley Simmons was identified as a male and was named Gordon Langley Hall. Although she lived as a man for almost 30 years with what she calls her "deep, dark secret," she was, in fact a female with androgynous features.
Following gender modification in 1968, Gordon Langley Hall became Dawn Pepita Langley Hall. She married a black Charlestonian, John-Paul Simmons, had a daughter, and was forced to move from South Carolina to New York to escape hostilities directed at her interracial marriage."
1995,
Dawn Langley Simmons,
English,
Full title: "All for Love: A moving human record of a remarkable woman who was born a man, fell in love, married and gave birth to a daughter" by Dawn Langley Simmons.
Dawn must have been an amazing woman, and probably she should be regarded as one of the most remarkable trans pioneers. This is what we can read about her on Wikipedia: "Dawn Langley Pepita Simmons (1922–2000) was a prolific English author and biographer. Born as Gordon Langley Hall, Simmons lived her first decades as a male. As a young adult, she became close to British actress Dame Margaret Rutherford, whom she considered an adoptive mother, and who was the subject of a biography Simmons wrote in later years."
1975,
Dawn Langley Simmons,
English,
Full title: "Man into Woman: A Transsexual Autobiography" by Dawn Langley Simmons.
Dawn must have been an amazing woman, and probably she should be regarded as one of the trans pioneers. The book was titled as follows: "Man into Woman: A Transsexual Autobiography: The utterly frank, heart-touching story of a Transsexual's fight to claim her Womanhood".
This is what we can read about her on Wikipedia: "Dawn Langley Pepita Simmons (1922–2000) was a prolific English author and biographer. Born as Gordon Langley Hall, Simmons lived her first decades as a male. As a young adult, she became close to British actress Dame Margaret Rutherford, whom she considered an adoptive mother, and who was the subject of a biography Simmons wrote in later years."
1970,
Dawn Langley Simmons,
English,
Lili Elbe,
