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: "Remember Me, Vicki Starr: The Visual History of a Trans Renegade" by FOUNDPHOTOCO (Lewis Rawlinson and Albert Tanquero).
"Using photos, slides, newspaper clips, and ephemera, this book documents the life of a trans, Latina woman who defied the norms of the era as a topless entertainer in San Francisco during the 1950s and beyond."
"Vicki Starr was born in Puerto Rico in 1932 and migrated to the United States, first to New York City, then settled in San Francisco. She began expressing her female gender identity early in life, which caused a rift with her family. She transitioned in the early 1950s, at a time when there was widespread hostility towards queer and trans people, yet she was insistent on living as her most authentic self. She became a celebrated performer during the rise of topless entertainment in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood in the late 1950s, where her name could be seen in lights on the marques of clubs such as El Cid, Pierre's, and Finocchio's."
2021,
Albert Tanquero,
English,
Finocchio's,
Lewis Rawlinson,
Puerto Rico,
Vicki Starr,
Victoria Fernandez,
Full title: "Translocas: The Politics of Puerto Rican Drag and Trans Performance" by Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes.
"Translocas focuses on drag and transgender performance and activism in Puerto Rico and its diaspora. Arguing for its political potential, Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes explores the social and cultural disruptions caused by Latin American and Latinx “locas” (effeminate men, drag queens, transgender performers, and unruly women) and the various forms of violence to which queer individuals in Puerto Rico and the U.S. are subjected.
This interdisciplinary, auto-ethnographic, queer-of-color performance studies book explores the lives and work of contemporary performers and activists including Sylvia Rivera, Nina Flowers, Freddie Mercado, Javier Cardona, Jorge Merced, Erika Lopez, Holly Woodlawn, Monica Beverly Hillz, Lady Catiria, and Barbra Herr; television programs such as RuPaul’s Drag Race; films such as Paris Is Burning, The Salt Mines, and Mala Mala; and literary works by authors such as Mayra Santos-Febres and Manuel Ramos Otero.
2021,
Barbra Herr,
English,
Erika Lopez,
Freddie Mercado,
Holly Woodlawn,
Javier Cardona,
Jorge Merced,
Lady Catiria,
Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes,
Monica Beverly Hillz,
Nina Flowers,
Puerto Rico,
Sylvia Rivera,
