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: "Transgender in Nederland: Een buitengewone geschiedenis" (Transgender in The Netherlands: An extraordinary history) by Alex Baker.In the fifties and sixties, transgender people still had to be grateful if a psychiatrist did not admit them to an institution or administer electroshock; Nowadays, transgender people are often seen as inspiring, courageous people who dare to be themselves.How the image has changed so much, historian Alex Bakker explains in this book in a clear and involved way. Six decades of physical treatment options, social opinions, legal entanglements, and sh
2018,
Alex Baker,
Dutch,
Netherlands,
Full title: "Pantau in India" by Veronique Renard. She is one of the most inspirational women for me.
If Eat Pray Love and The Alchemist had a smart, slightly eccentric Dutch cousin with a penchant for Buddhist philosophy and a flair for gogo-dancing in Bangkok nightclubs, she would be called Pantau. And she would be Veronique Renard. Pantau in India is not your average travel memoir. It’s a very funny as well as deeply sad book that reads like a detective story, not because there’s a murder, but because there’s a mystery: how to live a meaningful life when everything arou
2007,
English,
Interview,
Netherlands,
Veronique Renard,
Full title: "Alles mag er zijn" (Everything is allowed to be there!)In this publication, Angela van Bebber presents her life lessons, experiences, and encounters after her gender change.
It is a sequel to "Eindelijk, ik lééf!" (Finally, I'm alive!) from 2009, in which she wrote about her transsexuality.In the book, Angela covers a new phase. She experienced a lot and got to know herself better. She noticed that after what she went through, her feelings, everything in her life, are right, that everything happens for a reason.In 2014, I interviewed Angela and I asked her about how she found the
2020,
Angela van Bebber,
Dutch,
Netherlands,
Full title: "Pholomolo: No Man No Woman" by Veronique Renard. She is one of the most inspirational women for me.
In her bestselling 2003 memoir Pantau in India, Veronique Renard captivated readers with her powerful story of abandoning corporate life in the Netherlands to live among Tibetan refugees in the Himalayas. Her tale of spiritual awakening, cultural immersion, and personal transformation read like an exotic, poignant detective story, full of heart, humor, and inspiration.
But as revelatory as Pantau in India was, it left one remarkable chapter of Veronique’s life
2007,
English,
Interview,
Netherlands,
Veronique Renard,
Original title: "Mevrouw: autobiografische roman" (Madam: Autobiographical Novel) She lived and wrote with courage and perseverance, but also with fear. Because she grew up in a time when there was no room for women like her. Because she could be 'exposed'. And she was, over and over again. It was Valérie against the world."Madam" is published because Valérie is no longer afraid. To show how we dealt with people who do not fit into specific boxes. It's time for her story.And so it happened that at the age of eighteen, eleven years after child protection placed me under supervision and m
2022,
Dutch,
Netherlands,
Valérie Lempereur,
