Transgender Biographies

Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip - Call Me Anne

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.

Full title: "18 Months: A Memoir of a Marriage Lost to Gender Identity" by Shannon Thrace.

"Shannon is no stranger to alternative lifestyles. Raised by Christian parents in Bluegrass country, she fled to the city, scraped together an education, worked for drag shows and befriended poets and anarchists at clothing-optional parties. By the time she settled into her 14-year relationship with Jamie, she had dated women and experimented with polyamory."

"So when her husband begins crossdressing, she sees no problem--she enjoys flouting the straight world's pointless rules. Trouble is brewing, though. Jamie's dive into the world of identity leads to shifting values, sexual dysfunction and a crippling depression. Still deeply in love with the kind, outdoorsy folksinger she once knew, Shannon is committed to working through these challenges. But she is blindsided by the unusual demands of gender dysphoria and learns the hard way that compassion, communication, and even love sometimes just aren't enough."

Full title: "The Butterfly Inside" by Jessica L Rose.

"Life is never black and white, although many people believe it should be. Can you imagine that a person might wake up each morning not feeling happy with themselves? Of feeling unhappy with themselves to the point of hating the person looking back at them? Most people will never have to think about this and most people don’t understand it.

Jessica L Rose learnt the hard way that transgender is like an onion, you have to slowly peel back the different layers to be able to understand it all. But once you do, then how do you deal with it and with those around you? On the day she was born, Jessica’s mother brought her home to meet a sister who had not been prepared in any way to have her central place in the family usurped and she would spend the next forty years making Jessica’s life a complete misery and turning her family against her. It wasn’t until early adulthood that Jessica’s sister discovered the root of her own unhappiness – she had been born the wrong gender. Jessica was pleased that her now brother had come to this realisation but she was unable to forgive his vile treatment of her.

Original title: "Transcendendo Limites: A Jornada de Luna, uma menina trans em busca de sua verdade" (Transcending Limits: The Journey of Luna, A Trans Girl in Search of Her Truth) by Bruna Miranda.

Welcome to an extraordinary story of courage, resilience, and self-discovery. In a world where societal expectations often shape who we are. Luna, defied all norms and struggled to find her true identity as a transgender girl. Her journey was filled with challenges, doubts, and moments of deep introspection, but also with achievements, love, and inspiration.

From an early age, Luna felt that something was out of place. As her friends fell in love with girls, she wondered why she didn't share those same feelings. In a society that often imposes gender labels and expectations, Luna found herself on an internal quest to understand who she really was. The discovery of her identity as a trans girl did not come all at once. She realized that there was something deeper in her essence.

Full title: "My Knight's Quest: The story of a transwoman’s search to find a space for herself and a place where she could exist" by Adrian Barnes.

"Few of us consider that our life is particularly interesting or unusual. We can recall some brief highlights over the years with a smile, but often our lives are cluttered with moments we would rather not remember. I was no different in this respect, though perhaps I had more clutter than many. The events that could make up my life story, such as my career and family life, were clearly of little interest to anyone.

My past was captured in photograph albums and travel diaries, all hidden away in cupboards. There was one aspect of my life that I would have preferred to remain buried, and that was my long quest to create a space for myself as a woman. Those memories might have remained comfortably hidden had it not been for one man who was determined to dig them up. This autobiography tells the story of an Australian transwoman’s search to find a space for herself in the world; a place where she could truly exist. It is a story of how her life went from being secretive and unknown to being accepted and understood."

Full title: "Abomination Child" by Erika Shepard.

"Meet the Fosters. Parents from disparate backgrounds, an eight-year-old boy and his thirteen-year-old sister, all living a suffocating version of the American dream in 1958 Missouri. An innocent grade school Halloween party - and one small betrayal - lead to an act of sudden violence that stuns them all, and in an instant their facade of normalcy cracks, sending each of them down a separate, winding path to self-discovery.

Abomination Child follows the story of that family through the fog of anger, lost innocence, and disillusionment. It is the story of Brian, an effeminate boy who believes with all his heart he is a girl; his rebellious tomboy sister Liz who yearns only to escape; their diligent, studious mother Barbara who longs for the peace and tranquility of a normal family life, and their father John, angry and wounded by war, now mired in new-found religious zeal. Each must find their own truth in the shifting world of the Sixties and Seventies - if they can."

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."

Full title: "Foggy Googles: A sequel memoir to 'Do you know who I once was'" by Cami Richardson.

"Foggy Googles is a sequel memoir to my first book called 'Do you know who I once was.' In my discussions with my editor on the first book, she suggested I leave out many of my stories and memories about my firehouse years, my amazing wife Teri, my ski career and entrepreneurial years and try to focus the book on my transition to that of being a transgender woman. I agreed and I believe that first book helped me move forward in reaching my personal mission goal of educating and enlightening others about the transgender community. After publishing it and in allowing some friends and family to read some chapters that were left out, the common response I received was that I should publish them and include them in a sequel, so “Foggy Googles” became a reality."

Full title: "Sugar And Spice" by Abi Austen.

"Sugar and Spice is the true story of the first and only female Parachute Regiment officer in the British Army. Dismissed from service for being transgender after a decade of decorated service, Abi Austen has gone on to become a top international diplomat and representative for the trans community. Her deeply moving autobiography tells her hard scrabble journey of self-realisation from a broken childhood of abuse and neglect."

"She reflects on the culture wars, the discrimination and hatred she has faced, and the lessons she has drawn from a life of struggle to achieve personal happiness and love. There has never been another female officer in The Parachute Regiment. Abi's story is unique, profound and a parable for our times."

Original title: "Diario di Transgenders" (Diary of Transgenders) by Rosario Cirimondo.

The author who by nature has always been interested in social problems and in particular in the needs of minorities, actively participating personally in the countless struggles against inequality in the world, decides to publish the personal life stories of ten Transgenders, coming from different parts of the world, reporting everything as in an intimate diary of the mostly tragic events, which have marked and continue to mark the Transsexual minority, which despite appearing well received and respected in the facade of today's society, still hides many backgrounds of abuses and unimaginable abuses, perhaps for too long kept hidden and therefore this book aims to bring to light.

Full title: "Pas De Deux: A Transgender Memoir" by Rachel Miyoko Conlin-McLeod.

"A self-reflective memoir of Rachel Conlin-McLeod's journey of self-discovery, realization, and transition. It is an exploration of gender identity and expression, the struggles of finding one's true sense of genuine identity and the joys and pains of being a transgender girl."

"Pas de deux. A duet typically between a male and female pair of dancers, as in classical ballet. In my case, a ballet between the young boy who tried to be a man, and a young girl, trying to be a woman. A duet between my past self as David and my present self as Rachel. This is a self-reflection on the journey I have made from self-discovery and self-realization to transition and beyond. This is a story of my struggles to be genuine and authentic. It is a reflection on my search for truth in myself."

Full title: "China's First Transgender: The Life and Times of Zhang Kesha" by Bruce Eastley.

"At a very young age, Zhang Kesha could not relate to being a boy, having a preference for girls with their dolls as playmates. As he grew older, his clothing and appearances drew unwelcome attention, but the taunts and criticism failed to dampen his quest to attain full fledge womanhood. In 1983, he became she, but difficulties and dangers seemed to multiply. Seeking refuge in a number of locations, Kesha finally found her peace and tranquility with a new marriage and a full life in Sacramento, California."

"Her name is Zhang Kesha, but she goes by Sasha Eastly and she underwent her first transition on January 10, 1983 in Beijing. Living in Sacramento for 17 years, she has a newly published book called, "The Life and Times of Zhang Kesha: China's First Transgender"."

Original title: "Mémoires Régicides I" (Regicide Memoirs I) by Laureen Lemarre Herman.

""If I ever had to die here, I would be happy. I asserted myself, against all odds. I have nothing left to prove to the world: Finally, I am Me." The story of these "Memories" began in 2017 when I discovered my trans identity. Since then, my situation has evolved towards a different affirmation of this gender identity.

This poetic collection brings together a number of texts and formats (short stories, poems in verse and prose, speeches) which, in addition to showing the diversity of forms, explore the depths of a spirit sometimes wounded, sometimes amazed. The journey of both sorrows and blessings is transcended by the power of words. It is the brilliance of a Woman in the making, the isotopy of Being."

Full title: "Transgender Story" by Jordan Hammonds.

"I was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. My name is Jordan Hammonds, born on December 14. I graduated from Covenant House Southwest on 13 June 2017. I started as gay at the age of 13. After being molested I didn’t know what to do with myself. Day after day I tried to talk to people about it but people did not want to hear me out.

I started dressing up at the age of 14. I’ve been a cross-dresser for 21 years now and I am happy with who I am but every day I think about my family. My family wants no part of me and that kind of makes me upset. They don’t have anything to do with me. I am out here on my own. I’ve been on my own since the age of 13. I had my first house after the age of 16 and I’ve been on my own for a very long time and I know how it is."

Full title: "Jan Morris (Writers of Wales)" by Paul Clements.

"This is the first full-length study of Jan Morris, one of Britain's foremost travel essayist and popular historians. It takes a critical look at a unique writer who after spending more than forty years as a man, underwent a sex-change in the 1970s and became a woman.

The book outlines Morris's early life and education as James. It focuses on his early journalistic career when in 1953, as The Times correspondent, he took part in the British conquest of Everest and scooped the world with his reports. Morris's writings span nearly fifty years. Since the 1950s she has been a major figure in journalism and travel writing in both Britain and the United States.

Original title: "Ein Tribut an Kim Petras: Die illustrierte Biografie" (A Tribute to Kim Petras: The Illustrated Biography) by Olivia Watson.

This illustrated biography offers an in-depth look at the life and work of pop icon Kim Petras. The German singer and songwriter was born on August 27, 1992 in Cologne and currently lives in Los Angeles. As a teenager, she gained worldwide fame through her early discovery of trans identity.

At the age of 15, she began to publish her own pop songs on the Internet, later she worked as a songwriter in the USA. Since 2017 she has increasingly appeared as a singer. She has released two studio albums and collaborated with many musicians. She received a Grammy in 2023 for her collaboration with Sam Smith on the song Unholy. From her early days as a trans woman in the music business to her breakthrough, the reader learns all about Kim Petras' remarkable life, how she pursued her dreams and thrived in the music business in this illustrated biography.

Full title: "Ascension into the Ethereal: A Year In The Life of An Autistic Musician" by Waritsara Karlberg.

"Feel free to follow a spiritual journey through the eyes of Swedish/Thai Warissara 'Yui' Karlberg as she shares her year-long experiences day by day during what was the global coronavirus pandemic as an autistic, transgender lady whose main passion is her love for creating art with various musical instruments especially as a performance artist."

Waritsara Karlberg is a multi-instrumentalist, versatile musician, and amateur producer from Bournemouth, UK.

Full title: "Transitioning in Faith: An Autobiography of a Transgender Christian Woman" by Mariah Renee Dowker.

"I was born a male named Tony, but I never felt like myself as a man. Now, at long last, my name is legally changed to Mariah, and people are starting to accept me as the woman I’ve always wanted to become. But the journey to get here wasn’t always easy. Mine is a story of a transgender female who has been through many trials in my life.

I’ve experienced a lot of tragedy and prejudice, but I’ve been able to overcome it all through the help of my Lord Jesus Christ and the many friends He has blessed me with. Mine is a story of grief, abuse, and hardship. But it’s also a story of faith, love, and overcoming. As you join me on my journey, may it inspire you to realize that no matter what trials you are facing in this life, you can overcome them too."

Original title: "Ma fille est un homme" (My daughter is a man) by Ludiane de Brocéliande.

There are girls. There are the boys. There are others. This book will help you understand what the daily life of transsexual or intersex people can represent. Most of the texts were inspired by testimonies, meetings, and friends who confided and shared their moods but also the trials, discriminations, and physical mutilations they face.

Far from fantasmatic and infamous clichés, and for the first time, an author-poet makes us dive into the universe of their everyday life, with a lot of emotions, sensitivity, and without detours.

Full title: "Trans-Formations: From Field Boots to Sensible Heels" by Erika Shepard.

"On a blazing summer day in Missouri, 1956, eight-year-old Richard discovers a sparkling rock on the railroad tracks near his home - and is fascinated. In that same year, he makes another unexpected discovery - an aching, forbidden desire to be a girl. A lifetime of secrecy follows until, at the edge of a cliff in remote southern Idaho, he faces a decision - to die as a man or live as a woman.

Transformations is more than a memoir of transgenderism. It reflects important crossroads we all encounter in our lives - times of self-doubt and failure, other moments of great success and joy. It is a journey all of us share, one leading to that profound question we, at some point in our lives, must ask ourselves: Who am I?"

Full title: "History of Transgender: An Overview of Transgender Concerns over the Years" by Sophia Price.

"History of Transgender is a book that investigates the origins of transgender people. It provides a history of issues relating to transgender people. It walks us through the hardships and difficulties that transgender persons have had to overcome throughout the years as they attempted to define their own identities.

Though the fight for awareness and acceptance in society is still ongoing, people are increasingly becoming more conscious of the fact that gender identity is far more complex than is initially apparent and are learning to accept and respect this. A glance back in time will help you understand how we arrived at where we are today."

Original title: "Mon neveu Jeanne" (My Nephew Jeanne) by Patrick Bard.

Since 1983, photographer and writer Patrick Bard has been photographing his nephew. He started without really knowing why, when he was 16 years old. His name was Jean-Pierre. He married early, had two children who grew up and became a road haulier in Sarcelles. When his relationship to gender began to change in the mid-1990s, Patrick Bard continued to take pictures of him, of her, rather.

Jean-Pierre officially became Jeanne in 2001. Jeanne knew men, then she ended up falling in love with a woman in 2008. Initially, the relationship started as clearly lesbian. Two years later, Jeanne decided to become a man again, while retaining her identity as a woman. More than anything, his nephew Jeanne decided that the question of gender was not fixed and that it was not a problem for him.

Full title: "Finding Purpose: One Transgender Woman's Journey" by Patricia Elane Trimble.

"One transgender woman's journey to find a sense of purpose and be of service to others while serving a life sentence in a men's prison in Missouri."

"Patricia is a transgender feminist, activist, and advocate for the incarcerated LGBTQ+ community. She has spent over four decades of her life in Missouri's Prison System, with her first adult incarceration at 17 and her first juvenile incarceration at age eight. Although Ms. Trimble was charged, convicted and sentenced to over a hundred years for a crime she did not commit, she is also serving a life sentence for a murder she committed in 1979."

Full title: "Born Both: An Intersex Life" by Hida Viloria.

"My name is Hida Viloria. I was raised as a girl but discovered at a young age that my body looked different. Having endured an often turbulent home life as a kid, there were many times when I felt scared and alone, especially given my attraction to girls. But unlike most people in the first world who are born intersex - meaning they have genitals, reproductive organs, hormones, and/or chromosomal patterns that do not fit standard definitions of male or female - I grew up in the body I was born with because my parents did not have my sex characteristics surgically altered at birth.

It wasn't until I was twenty-six and encountered the term intersex in a San Francisco newspaper that I finally had a name for my difference. That's when I began to explore what it means to live in the space between genders - to be both and neither. I tried living as a feminine woman, an androgynous person, and even for a brief period of time as a man. Good friends would not recognize me, and gay men would hit on me. My gender fluidity was exciting, and in many ways freeing - but it could also be isolating."

Original title: "Seidōitsuseishōgai ― seitenka no asa (Shūeisha shinsho) 性同一性障害 ―性転換の朝 (集英社新書) (Gender Identity Disorder-Morning of Sex Change (Shueisha Shinsho)) by Michiko Yoshinaga 吉永みち子.

"I'm the one who decides "gender". A medical frontline report for all those who stand at the crossroads between men and women. A book of hope where the dream of sex change becomes a reality! A woman's body but a man's mind, or vice versa. "Gender identity disorder" caused by the malfunction of the fetal sex determination mechanism has given "him" and "she" unseen emotional scars.

A special team at the Saitama Medical University General Medical Center was set up to solve the problem. While following the operations of a team of doctors led by Professor Takao Harashina, we have also examined many real cases of troubles, and now we have compiled a document of the origin of "man" and "woman". This is a hopeful and realistic report from the forefront of gender reassignment medicine for all those who stand at the crossroads of gender."

Full title: "Legends of Drag: Queens of a Certain Age" by James Hanson and Devin Antheus.

"Drag has officially transcended the underground and exploded into the mainstream. Queens have more visibility than ever, and it’s been hard won through decades of perseverance, imagination, and intergenerational support within local drag communities. It’s time to honor the queens who paved the way for the new generation of drag and are still carrying out their work today.

To create Legends of Drag, a photo book and archive of living drag history, authors Harry James Hanson and Devin Antheus traveled coast to coast, visiting 16 cities to meet 80 legendary entertainers who shared boundless wisdom and powerful anecdotes from their lives. These queens are featured in stunning portraits shot on location and styled with unique floral elements."

Full title: "Resilient Soul" by Justine Mehnert.

"My name is Justine and this is the story of my mental health and gender identity journeys. I have been through a lot in my life and keep on going. My hope in writing this is that someone somewhere might see my journeys and feel empowered to hold on through their own journeys."

"Justine Mehnert is a Transgender woman living in Southeast Wisconsin. An advocate for mental health and anti-suicide, she is passionate about helping people wherever possible. When Justine is not working or writing, she enjoys spending as much time as she can outdoors with her family."

Original title: "La fille de Casablanca" (The Girl from Casablanca) by Juliette Jourdan.

"In 1956, in Casablanca, while Morocco struggles for its independence, Jenny, a young trans woman, solicits Dr. Georges Burou, a renowned, if somewhat enigmatic gynecologist, for a 'sex change'...

The Girl from Casablanca tells the true story of the first entirely successful sex reassignment surgery, at a time when the word 'trans' didn't even exist. It also tells a tale of daring and courage against all odds. True to himself, Dr. Burou went ahead with the first gender surgery to help a desperate and endearing young trans woman while risking ruining his career. Without knowing it, he would set the standard, to this day, for MtF surgery."

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