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: "Terug naar Avebury: Dagboek van een transgender" (Back to Avebury: Diary of a transgender person). This is the revised edition of "In transitie" (2012) by Hanneke Dragtsma.
'Martin de Jong travels to England, where he symbolically buries his man's life. Upon his return, a new life begins as the woman he has always felt. In order to follow her own path, Marieke will no longer have to make herself dependent on the judgment of her environment.
She ends up on an emotional rollercoaster, looking for herself. In seven chapters her thoughts, doubts, fears, and desires pass by. Eventually, Marieke travels back to the place where everything started.'
2017,
Dutch,
Hanneke Dragtsma,
Original title: "In transitie" (In transition)
'Martin de Jong decides to travel to England, where he symbolically wants to bury his man's life. Upon his return, he begins a new life as a woman.
As Marieke, she can only follow her own path, by no longer making herself dependent on the judgment of others. She ends up on an emotional rollercoaster, looking for herself.
In a series of short dialogues, her thoughts, doubts, fears, and desires pass by.'
'Hanneke Dragtsma (1965) was born and raised in Heerenveen. She grew up as a boy in a family with three sisters. A seventies family, where her mother traditionally took care of the children, and her father with great dedication to protecting his family. She grew up as an insecure boy who could not connect herself well with the body in which she lived.
2012,
Dutch,
Hanneke Dragtsma,
