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.
"Thāng plīan" ทางเปลี่ยน (Change of Path) is the Thai language edition of "Tiǎozhàn shàngdì de cuò: Jīnxīng de wǔmèng rénshēng" - 挑戰上帝的錯：金星的舞夢人生 (Challenging God's Mistakes: Venus' Dancing Life), published by Jin Xing in 2004.
Jin Xing (Chinese: 金星; pinyin: Jīn Xīng) was born in 1967 in Shenyang, China, to an ethnic Korean family. She is a Chinese ballerina, modern dancer, choreographer, actress, founder, and artistic director of the contemporary dance company Shanghai.
In addition, she is a transgender celebrity and icon of the Chinese transgender community. This unusual memoir describes how China's foremost male ballet dancer (and colonel in the People's Army) underwent one of China's first sex-change operations and became the Shanghai Ballet's prima ballerina.
2006,
China,
Jin Xing,
Thai,
Original title: "Khrāi wā čhan pūai" ใครว่าฉันป่วย (Who says I'm sick?) by Čhim Sārā จิ๋ม ซาร่า.
"Who Says I'm Sick" is a book that creates an understanding of the trend in society that transgender women are women, and they have been born with a disease of penis tumor attached to it and can be cured with sex reassignment surgery only. The author is a transgender woman who underwent gender reassignment surgery herself and was ready to face all the challenges related to being transgender in the binary world.
"Chim Sara" or "Sujinrat Prachathai" is considered the first Thai person to dare to undergo gender reassignment surgery abroad. In England, when she was 23 years old, she went to work as a waitress. Being penniless, one day, she read a tabloid newspaper that was announcing a recruitment for someone who wanted to have free sex reassignment surgery without paying a penny.
The application was based on a procedure of over a hundred people applying for surgery, but they only recruited 7 people, one of whom was her.
Original title: "Xem mī̀ kathey h̄æ̀ng pī
m" เอมมี่ กะเทยแห่งปี (Emmy's Story... Transgender of the Year) by Emmy.
The book tells the story about the life of a transgender woman named "Emmy", a woman with an interesting personality and identity. In terms of story Emmy has a diverse and adventurous life because she had to face many difficulties in life. The story has a mix of love, humanity and struggles with various obstacles related to her transition.
In addition to the interesting story, the book includes beautiful images that made Emmy become a popular character and widely known in Thai society. Furthermore, Emmy... Transgender of the Year was one of the most popular TV series in Thailand in the year 2017 (2017) and received a lot of attention from the general public and various media.
2017,
Emmy,
Thai,
Thailand,
Original title: "กะเทยอีสาน" Kathey xīs̄ān
(Journal of Transgender Isaan) by Panat Srinuan (เต้ย – ปณต ศรีนวล).
We often hear the myth that Thailand is a paradise for LGBTQ people. Past incidents of sexual violence and testimonials from the community indicate that the above sentence is a huge
exaggeration as shown in this book.
The founder and editor of GendersMatter, as well as the author of this book, wrote this book to expose transgender lives in places where economic mobility is low. This book tells about the lives of transgender women in Sisaket province, one of the poorest provinces in Thailand.
2022,
Panat Srinuan,
Thai,
Thailand,
Original title: "Call Me Anne: ข้ามเพศพันล้าน" (Call Me Anne: Transgender Billions) by Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip.
The book is a biography of Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip (Thai: จักรพงษ์ จักราจุฑาธิบดิ์), also known as Khun Anne or Anne Jakrajutatip, sometimes informally stylized as Anne JKN. She is a Thai businesswoman, television host and Chief Executive Officer of JKN Global Group.
According to Wikipedia, being a media entrepreneur and digital content distributor in Thailand, she is the owner of the Miss Universe, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA beauty pageant organizations. Jakrajutatip became the first trans woman who fully owns these organizations in their history. According to Forbes, she is the third richest transgender person in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$210 million in 2020.
2018,
Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip,
Thai,
Thailand,
