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: "Wiebkes Tagebuch XI: Teil XI des Tagebuchs einer trans Frau (Nov. 2023 - Jan. 2024)" (Wiebke's Life XI: Part XI of the diary of a trans woman (Nov. 2023 - Jan. 2024)) by Wiebke ter Lichten.
In the summer of 2018 my girlfriend asked me out of the blue if I’d ever considered being transformed into a woman for an afternoon. She suggested that it might be interesting. I went back and forth quite a bit, and to be honest, the thought may have crossed my mind for a split second, but I dismissed it because I was absolutely certain the result wouldn't be good. Then Christmas 2018 came and her gift was just that: a makeover. She’d spoken to the manager of a service and made all the preparations. No chance for me to back out!
2024,
German,
Wiebke ter Lichten,
Original title: "Wiebkes Tagebuch X: Teil X des Tagebuchs einer trans Frau, der vierte “angekommene” Teil (Aug.-Okt. 2023) (Wiebke werden)" (Wiebke's Life X: Part X of the diary of a trans woman, the fourth “I finally am myself”- part (Aug.-Oct. 2023) (Becoming Wiebke Book 10)) by Wiebke ter Lichten.
"In the summer of 2018, my girlfriend asked me out of the blue if I’d ever considered being completely transformed into a woman. She suggested that it might be interesting. I pushed around quite a bit, and to be honest, the thought may have crossed my mind for a split second, but I dismissed it because I was absolutely certain the result wouldn't be good. Then Christmas 2018 came and her gift was just that: a makeover. She’d spoken to the manager of a service and made all the preparations. No chance for me to back out! The styling took place on Valentine's Day 2019 and Wiebke was born."
2023,
German,
Wiebke ter Lichten,
Original title: "Wiebkes Tagebuch IX: Teil IX des Tagebuchs einer trans Frau, der dritte “angekommene” Teil (Apr. - Jul. 2023) (Wiebke werden 9)" (Wiebke’s Diary IX: Part IX of the diary of a trans woman, the third “I finally am myself”- part (Apr. - Jul. 2023) (Becoming Wiebke)) by Wiebke ter Lichten.
"In the summer of 2018 my girlfriend asked me out of the blue if I’d ever considered being completely transformed into a woman. She suggested that it might be interesting. I pushed around quite a bit, and to be honest, the thought may have crossed my mind for a split second, but I dismissed it because I was absolutely certain the result wouldn't be good. Then Christmas 2018 came and her gift was just that: a makeover. She’d spoken to the manager of a service and made all the preparations. No chance for me to back out! The styling took place on Valentine's Day 2019 and Wiebke was born."
2023,
German,
Wiebke ter Lichten,
Full title: "Becoming Wiebke VI: Part VI of a diary of someone genetically born a man and diagnosed as transgender (May 22 - Jul. 22)" is the English language version of "Wiebke werden VI: Teil VI eines Tagebuchs von jemandem, der genetisch als Mann geboren und als transident diagnostiziert wurde (Mai 22 - Jul. 22)" by Wiebke ter Lichten.
"This is the sixth part of my ever-growing diary and I highly recommend reading the earlier parts first. I had finished my third book by stating that I would not publish any more parts unless there was more progress to report. I didn't expect it at the time, but it happened! That's why in the fall of 2022 I published three new episodes of my diary in a short time and this is the later German translation. I have the diagnosis, have been in transition for a year and of course I have continued to write my diary and reached a point where publishing makes sense again. The speed of my progress has increased and my social transition is more than halfway. This part covers the period between May and July 2022."
2023,
English,
Wiebke ter Lichten,
"Being Wiebke II: Part VIII of the diary of a trans woman, the second “I finally am myself” part (Jan. - Mar. 2023) (Becoming Wiebke) is the English language edition of "Wiebke sein II: Teil VIII des Tagebuchs einer trans Frau, der zweite “angekommene” Teil (Jan. - Mär. 2023)” (Wiebke werden) by Wiebke ter Lichten.
""It must have been around the summer of 2018 when my girlfriend asked me out of the blue if I had ever thought of being completely transformed into a woman. She suggested that it might be interesting. I was pushing around quite a bit, and honestly, the thought might have crossed my mind for a fraction of a second, but I had discarded it because I was absolutely sure that the result wouldn't come close to meeting my quality standard."
2023,
English,
Wiebke ter Lichten,
"Being Wiebke I: Part VII of the diary of a trans woman, the first “I finally am myself” Aug. - Dec. 2022) (Becoming Wiebke) is the English language edition of "Wiebke sein I: Teil VII des Tagebuchs einer trans Frau, der erste “angekommene” Teil (Aug. - Dez. 2022) by Wiebke ter Lichten.
"This is the seventh part of my ever growing diary and as always I highly recommend reading the earlier parts first. This is the first part with a different title because I feel like I'm not becoming Wiebke anymore. I'm mostly Wiebke now anyway. This part ends with my official diagnosis. I don't know what I'm going to do with it yet, because I've learned not to accept absolute truths anymore. The volume covers the period between August and December 2022."
2023,
English,
Wiebke ter Lichten,
Full title: "Becoming Wiebke IV: Part IV of a diary written by someone who was born genetically male but roams the world freely as a part-time woman" is the English language edition of "Wiebke werden IV: Teil IV eines Tagebuchs, geschrieben von jemandem, der genetisch männlich ist, und sich in der Welt ungezwungen als Teilzeitfrau bewegt (Jun. 2021 - Dez. 2021)" by Wiebke ter Lichten.
"This is the fourth part of my diary and I strongly recommend reading the earlier parts first. I had ended my third book stating that I wouldn't publish any further parts, unless there'd be major progress to report. At the time I didn't expect that to happen, but it did! I am in transition for a year now and of course I've kept on writing my diary. Now I have reached a point where I think publishing makes sense again. The speed of my progression has increased and my social transition may well be half way through."
2023,
English,
Wiebke ter Lichten,
Full title: "Becoming Wiebke III: Part III of a diary written by someone born genetically male who knows less and less where s/he is on the gender spectrum (Jan - Jun. 2021)" is the English language edition of "Wiebke werden III: Teil III des Tagebuchs von jemandem, der genetisch männlich geboren wurde und sich zunehmend weniger im Gender-Spektrum einordnen kann (Jan. - Jun. 2020)" by Wiebke ter Lichten.
"This is the third part of my diary and I recommend starting with the first two parts if you haven't done so already.
As of June 30th, 2021 I am a 54-year-old father of a 15-year-old son, a single parent for the last thirteen years. Since we live together there is still only a little time for me to be Wiebke, my female persona, at home. I still need to be cautious.
You will read about my progression since the end of my second published diary part. My son has returned home from his stay elsewhere by mid-March so the pace of events has slowed down somewhat again. But it still only took less than half a year to complete this part."
2023,
English,
Wiebke ter Lichten,
Full title: "Becoming Wiebke II: A still mostly male person’s diary dealing with trans issues and progression into being more female" by Wiebke ter Lichten.
"This is the second part of my diary and I recommend starting with the first part if you haven't done so already. As of December 31st, 2020 I am a 54-year-old father of a now 15-year-old son, a single parent for the last thirteen years. Since we live together there is still only little time for me to be Wiebke, my female persona, at home.
I still need to be cautious. You will read about my progression since the end of my first published diary part. From the fact alone, that it took me 19 months to write that first part and under four months to write a second part with a comparable size you can deduce that the speed in which Wiebke develops has increased manifold."
2021,
English,
Wiebke ter Lichten,
Full title: "Becoming Wiebke V: Part V of a diary written by someone who was born genetically male but considers herself transgender (Jan - Apr. 2022)" is the English language edition of "Wiebke werden V: Teil V eines Tagebuchs von jemandem, der genetisch männlich geboren wurde, die sich aber als transident definiert (Jan. - Apr. 2022)" by Wiebke ter Lichten.
"This is the fifth part of my ever-growing diary and I strongly recommend reading the earlier parts first. I had ended my third book stating that I wouldn't publish any further parts, unless there'd be major progress to report. At the time I didn't expect that to happen, but it did! That's why I'm now publishing three new instalments of my diary since then in a short time frame. I am in transition for a year now and of course I've kept on writing my diary and I've reached a point where publishing makes sense again. The speed of my progression has increased and my social transition may well be half way through. This part covers the time frame between January and April 2022."
2023,
English,
Wiebke ter Lichten,
Original title: "Wiebke sein II: Teil VIII des Tagebuchs einer trans Frau, der zweite “angekommene” Teil (Jan. - Mär. 2023)” (Wiebke werden) (Being Wiebke II: Part VIII of the diary of a trans woman, the second “I finally am myself” (Becoming Wiebke)) by Wiebke ter Lichten.
"It must have been around the summer of 2018 when my girlfriend asked me out of the blue if I had ever thought of being completely transformed into a woman. She suggested that it might be interesting. I was pushing around quite a bit, and honestly, the thought might have crossed my mind for a fraction of a second, but I had discarded it because I was absolutely sure that the result wouldn't come close to meeting my quality standard."
2023,
German,
Wiebke ter Lichten,
Original title: "Wiebke sein I: Teil VII des Tagebuchs einer trans Frau, der erste “angekommene” Teil (Aug. - Dez. 2022) (Being Wiebke I: Part VII of the diary of a trans woman, the first “I finally am myself”- part (Aug. . Dec. 2022) (Becoming Wiebke)) by Wiebke ter Lichten.
"This is the seventh part of my ever growing diary and as always I highly recommend reading the earlier parts first. This is the first part with a different title because I feel like I'm not becoming Wiebke anymore. I'm mostly Wiebke now anyway. This part ends with my official diagnosis. I don't know what I'm going to do with it yet, because I've learned not to accept absolute truths anymore. The volume covers the period between August and December 2022."
2023,
German,
Wiebke ter Lichten,
Original title: "Wiebke werden VI: Teil VI eines Tagebuchs von jemandem, der genetisch als Mann geboren und als transident diagnostiziert wurde (Mai 22 - Jul. 22)" (Becoming Wiebke VI: Part VI of a diary of someone genetically born a man and diagnosed as transgender (May 22 - Jul. 22)) by Wiebke ter Lichten.
"This is the sixth part of my ever-growing diary and I highly recommend reading the earlier parts first. I had finished my third book by stating that I would not publish any more parts unless there was more progress to report. I didn't expect it at the time, but it happened! That's why in the fall of 2022 I published three new episodes of my diary in a short time and this is the later German translation. I have the diagnosis, have been in transition for a year and of course I have continued to write my diary and reached a point where publishing makes sense again. The speed of my progress has increased and my social transition is more than halfway. This part covers the period between May and July 2022."
2023,
German,
Wiebke ter Lichten,
Full title: "Wiebke werden V: Teil V eines Tagebuchs von jemandem, der genetisch männlich geboren wurde, die sich aber als transident definiert (Jan. - Apr. 2022)" (Becoming Wiebke V: Part V of a diary written by someone who was born genetically male but considers herself transgender (Jan - Apr. 2022)) by Wiebke ter Lichten.
"This is the fifth part of my ever-growing diary and I strongly recommend reading the earlier parts first. I had ended my third book stating that I wouldn't publish any further parts, unless there'd be major progress to report. At the time I didn't expect that to happen, but it did! That's why I'm now publishing three new installments of my diary since then in a short time frame. I am in transition for a year now and of course I've kept on writing my diary and I've reached a point where publishing makes sense again. The speed of my progression has increased and my social transition may well be halfway through. This part covers the time frame between January and April 2022."
2023,
German,
Wiebke ter Lichten,
Full title: "Wiebke werden IV: Teil IV eines Tagebuchs, geschrieben von jemandem, der genetisch männlich ist, und sich in der Welt ungezwungen als Teilzeitfrau bewegt (Jun. 2021 - Dez. 2021)" (Becoming Wiebke IV: Part IV of a diary written by someone who was born genetically male but roams the world freely as a part-time woman) by Wiebke ter Lichten.
"This is the fourth part of my diary and I strongly recommend reading the earlier parts first. I had ended my third book stating that I wouldn't publish any further parts, unless there'd be major progress to report. At the time I didn't expect that to happen, but it did! I am in transition for a year now and of course I've kept on writing my diary. Now I have reached a point where I think publishing makes sense again. The speed of my progression has increased and my social transition may well be half way through."
2023,
German,
Wiebke ter Lichten,
Original title: "Wiebke werden III: Teil III des Tagebuchs von jemandem, der genetisch männlich geboren wurde und sich zunehmend weniger im Gender-Spektrum einordnen kann (Jan. - Jun. 2020)" (Becoming Wiebke III: Part III of a diary written by someone born genetically male who knows less and less where s/he is on the gender spectrum (Jan - Jun. 2021)) by Wiebke ter Lichten.
"This is the third part of my diary and I recommend starting with the first two parts if you haven't done so already. As of June 30th, 2021 I am a 54-year-old father of a 15-year-old son, a single parent for the last thirteen years. Since we live together there is still only a little time for me to be Wiebke, my female persona, at home. I still need to be cautious. You will read about my progression since the end of my second published diary part. My son has returned home from his stay elsewhere by mid-March so the pace of events has slowed down somewhat again. But it still only took less than half a year to complete this part."
2023,
German,
Wiebke ter Lichten,
Original title: "Wiebke werden II: Teil II des Tagebuchs einer noch überwiegend männlichen Person, die sich mit Trans- Themen und dem weiblicher werden befasst (Sep. 2020 - Dez. 2020)" (Becoming Wiebke II: A still mostly male person’s diary dealing with trans issues and progression into being more female) by Wiebke ter Lichten.
"This is the second part of my diary and I recommend starting with the first part if you haven't done so already. As of December 31st, 2020, I am a 54-year-old father of a now 15-year-old son, a single parent for the last thirteen years. Since we live together there is still only little time for me to be Wiebke, my female persona, at home.
I still need to be cautious. You will read about my progression since the end of my first published diary part. From the fact alone, that it took me 19 months to write that first part and under four months to write a second part with a comparable size you can deduce that the speed in which Wiebke develops has increased manifold."
2023,
German,
Wiebke ter Lichten,
Original title: "Wiebke werden: Tagebuch einer überwiegend männlichen Person, die sich mit Transgenderthemen und dem weiblicher werden befasst (Feb. 2019 - Sep. 2020)" (Become Wiebke: Diary of a predominantly male person dealing with transgender issues and becoming more feminine (Feb. 2019 - Sep. 2020)) by Wiebke ter Lichten.
It must have been around the summer of 2018 when my girlfriend asked me out of the blue if I had ever thought of being completely transformed into a woman. She suggested that it might be interesting. I was pushing it around quite a bit, and honestly, the thought might have crossed my mind for a fraction of a second, but I had discarded it because I was absolutely sure that the result wouldn't come close to meeting my quality standard. Then came Christmas 2018 and her gift was just that: a makeover.
2023,
German,
Wiebke ter Lichten,
"Becoming Wiebke: A mostly male person’s diary dealing with trans issues and progression into being more female" is the English language version of "Wiebke werden: Tagebuch einer überwiegend männlichen Person, die sich mit Transgenderthemen und dem weiblicher werden befasst (Feb. 2019 - Sep. 2020)" (Become Wiebke: Diary of a predominantly male person dealing with transgender issues and becoming more feminine (Feb. 2019 - Sep. 2020)) by Wiebke ter Lichten.
It must have been around the summer of 2018 when my girlfriend asked me out of the blue if I had ever thought of being completely transformed into a woman. She suggested that it might be interesting. I was pushing it around quite a bit, and honestly, the thought might have crossed my mind for a fraction of a second, but I had discarded it because I was absolutely sure that the result wouldn't come close to meeting my quality standard. Then came Christmas 2018 and her gift was just that: a makeover.
2020,
English,
Wiebke ter Lichten,