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: "Mann er da kvinne" (Male is then female) by Marion Arntzen and Kari Kahrs.
After the Golden Route winning TV series of the same name, "Jentene på Toten" became a concept. Stensveen resource center at Kapp, run by Marion Arntzen and her husband Harald Sundby, has for 14 years supported many transgender people in living as who they define themselves as.
After the TV series, the whole of Norway got to experience what it means that all people have the right to define themselves. The girls at Toten received the Homofryd Award 2010. Marion and Harald were awarded the YS Gender Equality Award 2010. In Male is then Woman, we meet transgender people who are at different places in their processes. In diary form, they tell of the struggle to understand themselves, their joys and sorrows. Man is then woman is a unique story about individuals who fight to be able to respect themselves and to be respected for who they are.
2011,
Kari Kahrs,
Marion Arntzen,
Norwegian,
Original title: "Om Så falt brikkene på plass" (Then the pieces fell into place) by Marion Arntzen and Kari Kahrs.
The purpose of the book is to disseminate knowledge about gender identity and gender expression in order to contribute to greater openness and humanity in all of us. It happens through very personal life stories. Some talk about the difficult time in primary school, others talk about what it is like to become a mother and later in life to become a man.
They talk about grief and love, what it feels like to be a boy when the girl's body reaches puberty with breasts and menstruation. Maybe you think that it can't be that hard to be a boy born as a girl. You just have to dress masculine?
2015,
Kari Kahrs,
Marion Arntzen,
Norwegian,
