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: "Diurna. La transessualità come oggetto di discriminazione" (Diurna. Transsexuality as an object of discrimination) by Monica Romano.
Transsexuals live a condition of marginality in all social areas up to total exclusion in the family, in school, in work, in social relationships. Referring to the contemporary situation in Italy, this essay, written by those who have personally experienced this condition, analyzes the causes of the process and proposes solutions that can favor the emancipation and integration of these subjects.
The book uses scientific support in the psychiatric, genetic, and biological fields. It also reports a series of direct testimonies, from the present and the past (the classical era, the Renaissance, the American Indians, Nazi Germany), underlining how the phenomenon is not recent but historical. A phenomenon that has unfortunately been "discouraged" and hindered by.
2008,
Italian,
Monica Romano,
Original title: "Trans: Storie di ragazze XY" (Trans: Stories of XY girls) by Monica Romano.
"Are you male or female?" It was 1986 when Ilenia heard this question asked for the first time. At the moment she doesn't know what to answer, she doesn't want to be different, she just is. The search for a true answer will accompany her all the way through adolescence and towards adulthood. Hers is the troubled journey of a girl who seems to have only one destination for society and for the right-thinking people, prostitution.
But Ilenia is a person who does not give up and immediately upsets the cards of destiny: despite bullying, discrimination, physical and verbal violence, she graduates, finds a job and an unexpected love, that for a woman. We can witness the fears, battles, wounds, and goals of a young trans woman, who like many other XY girls, fights for a peaceful and authentic life, towards gender freedom and the full right of citizenship for transgender people in civil society.
2015,
Italian,
Monica Romano,
Original title: "Gender (R)Evolution" by Monica Romano.
From the Stonewall revolt to the killing of the trans activist Hande Kader, passing through the battles of the Italian LGBT movement, Monica Romano tells firsthand the story of that long journey of affirmation of individual freedoms that saw the movement and the transgender community as protagonists, both Italian and international.
Her experience as an activist and militant is intertwined with that of some of the best-known and leading exponents of the movement. A memoir that invites us to reflect and to face mistrust and clichés, but also an informative text in which the story of the author and her companions is contextualized and enriched by in-depth information sheets, useful for clarifying meanings and concepts, against any mystification and prejudice.
2017,
Italian,
Monica Romano,
