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: "Female Impersonation" by Avery Willard.
The book presents the stories of female impersonators, including Sonne Teal, Mario Montez, Lynne Carter, Minette, Leslie Marlowe, Chris Moore, Julian Eltinge, Adrian, D.D. Griffo, G.G. Allen, Robin Rogers, Storme De Larverie, Angie Saxon, Barbette, Ray Bourbon, Karyl Norman, Bert Savoy, Francis Renault.
This is what we read in the foreword: "An Agnewism would imply that: "When you've seen one female impersonator, you've seen them all." That is not true. I learned this a few years ago when I was introduced to a popular entertainer, Minette, who was perhaps one of the most interesting personalities I had met in my life. His knowledge of people and life was particularly extensive. He was certainly not the "shallow" person that, frankly, I had expected him to be.
1971,
Avery Willard,
English,
Minette,
Full title: "Minette: Recollections of a Part-Time Lady" by Steven Watson. The book is a biography of legendary drag queen Minette.
"I was born Jacques Minette and my parents were French. "Minette" means many things: "pussycat", "pussy", or "suck me". It isn't too easy to translate, and it isn't a word used in polite company I've heard, but I think it sounds gay.
It is me especially without the "Jacques". My mother painted landscapes and still lives. My father was a commercial artist but he got arthritis in his hand and couldn't paint anymore. He went to the first world war, with all that dampness. It got to him later. First, he had a nervous breakdown that went into shingles that became arthritis and finally a dropsical condition. So my father was sick for years, always going to anyone that claimed a cure. I went to work to help pay the bills."
1979,
English,
Minette,
Steven Watson,
