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.
"He couldn't hide the girl inside, no matter how he tried. Rex had a secret, a secret he couldn't even tell his own parents. Rex was really a girl. Even though his parents knew, they couldn't do anything to help. How can Rex survive while trapped and forced to pretend to be a boy? This is NOT a story about someone who transitions, it's about what happens to transgender girls who do NOT transition."
In 2016, I talked to Deborah and this is what she told me about the book: "“Living in Stealth: Undercover” was intended to really focus on what happens to transgender girls who do NOT get help with the transition. I grew up in a time when the “treatment” for transgender girls was not transitioning, but rather an attempt at forced brain-washing that included shock therapy and aversion therapy – described in a great deal in “A Clockwork Orange”. I had seen too many conservatives who had no clue what it was to be transgender. I wanted to write a book that was addressed to parents, teachers, counselors, therapists, doctors, and political leaders.
2015,
Deborah Ballard,
English,
USA,
