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: "Translocas: The Politics of Puerto Rican Drag and Trans Performance" by Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes."Translocas focuses on drag and transgender performance and activism in Puerto Rico and its diaspora. Arguing for its political potential, Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes explores the social and cultural disruptions caused by Latin American and Latinx “locas” (effeminate men, drag queens, transgender performers, and unruly women) and the various forms of violence to which queer individuals in Puerto Rico and the U.S. are subjected.This interdisciplinary, auto-ethnographic, queer-of-col
2021,
Barbra Herr,
English,
Erika Lopez,
Freddie Mercado,
Holly Woodlawn,
Javier Cardona,
Jorge Merced,
Lady Catiria,
Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes,
Monica Beverly Hillz,
Nina Flowers,
Puerto Rico,
Sylvia Rivera,
Full title: "A Low Life in High Heels: The Holly Woodlawn Story" by Holly Woodlawn and Jeff Copeland was published in 1991 and republished in 1992.The book covers the story of Holly Woodlawn (1946-2015), a famous transgender Puerto Rican actress and Warhol muse, known for her appearances in the films Trash (1970) and Women in Revolt (1971), and known as the Holly in Lou Reed's song "Walk on the Wild Side".She was born in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico, to a German-American father and a native Puerto Rican, but she grew up in Miami Beach, where she came out as a child. She adopted the name Holly from
1991,
English,
Holly Woodlawn,
Jeff Copeland,
USA,
