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.
"Le transféminisme - Genres et transidentités" (Transfeminism - Genders and transidentities) is the French language edition of "Transfeminismo" (Transfeminism), published in 2021 by Letícia Nascimento.
Taking up the famous confrontation: Am I not a woman?, the transgender Leticia Nascimento asks: And me, can't I be a woman? If you are not born a woman but become one, then transfeminism has its place in the feminist movement.
This essay calls for the recognition of transidentities - whose construction is no more "artificial" than cisgender identity - and opposes pseudo-scientific discourses on transidentity as deviance or pathology. Denouncing the unequal treatment between cis and transgender women (while some can have their breasts reshaped as they wish, the others must go through the evaluation of multidisciplinary teams), the author insists on the importance of self-determination (“We by ourselves!”) as a mark of rejection of the CIStem. Based on a decolonial and intersectional reflection, her reflection pluralizes the subjects of feminism, including other bodies and gender identities that do not respond to the male/female binary.
2022,
Brazil,
French,
Letícia Nascimento,
Original title: "Transfeminismo" (Transfeminism) by Letícia Nascimento.
In the book, Letícia Nascimento, thanks to accessible and didactic language, brings to the general public necessary explanations about the concepts of gender, transgenderism, womanhood, femininity, and feminism. She shows that it is necessary for people to be open to the various existences that do not necessarily fit into the binary and cisgender organization of the world.
"A first step in this sense is to know the experiences of those who are part of these groups and this book, written by a transgender woman, an overweight woman of colour, who is present in academic circles and is an inspiration for other transsexual and transvestite women, presents these experiences, brings historical concepts and situates transfeminism within other existing feminisms."
2021,
Brazil,
Letícia Nascimento,
Portuguese,
