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: "Mein Leben im Anderssein - mein Ich" (A Life of Being Different - My Self)
'Despite the alleged liberalism in society today, the subject of transsexuality is still a taboo subject. Where her first book is still reminiscent of an autobiography, Raphaela Ahnert goes one step further here. From a cozy coffee party with friends to the most moving moments in her life, she describes the reasons for her being different and her ability to deal with it.
She writes in a sensitive, psychologically motivated language and knows how to present apparent details and big events in a perfect combination without losing sight of the essential. In this – her second – book, the author finds stirring words to appeal against moral narrow-mindedness for a pursuit of social tolerance and acceptance. Raphaela Ahnert allows insights into the emotional world of a struggling woman, at the same time lets her readers take part in summarizing thoughts of a sensitive person in the autumn of her life and also gives outsiders a glimpse into her own, not unproblematic world.'
2002,
German,
Raphaela Ahnert,
Original title: "Das verbotene Ich: Lebenswege eines Transsexuellen" (The Forbidden Self: Life Paths of a Transsexual) by Raphaela Ahnert.
Already at an early age, the author recognizes that "something is wrong". More and more he feels uncomfortable in his boys' clothes, secretly tries on his mother's clothes, and begins to put on make-up. It is an inner, inevitable, and growing compulsion over the years to feel like a woman and to dress accordingly. Nevertheless, he enters into a bourgeois marriage and believes that he will find his way "to normality". In vain. Nevertheless, the marriage is still stable today and supported by a high degree of mutual tolerance and affection.
The social constraints of the time – the author lived in the GDR – made it forbidden to make his inclinations and longings public.
2000,
German,
Raphaela Ahnert,
