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• Fairest

  A Memoir

  Talusan, Meredith

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  The award-winning journalist and activist presents a coming-of-age memoir that describes her experiences as a Filipino boy with albinism, a white immigrant Harvard student, a transgender woman and an artist whose work reflects illusions in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Trans

  A Memoir

  Jacques, Juliet

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  Details the unique life of a woman who went from husband and father, to drag queen, gender reassignment patient, sex worker, small businesswoman, and trophy wife to a trauma cleaner who brings order to chaotic crime scenes.

• As a Woman

  What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy after I Transitioned

  Williams, Paula Stone

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  As a father of three, married to a wonderful woman, and holding several prominent jobs within the Christian community, Dr. Paula Stone Williams made the life-changing decision to physically transition from male to female at the age of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I'm Afraid of Men

  Shraya, Vivek, 1981-

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  A trans artist explores how masculinity was imposed on her as a boy and continues to haunt her as a girl--and how we might reimagine gender for the twenty-first century.

• The Trauma Cleaner

  One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster

  Krasnostein, Sarah

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  Details the unique life of a woman who went from husband and father, to drag queen, gender reassignment patient, sex worker, small businesswoman, and trophy wife to a trauma cleaner who brings order to chaotic crime scenes.

• The Bride was a Boy

  Chii

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  A diary comic with an upbeat, adorable flair that tells the charming tale of Chii, a woman assigned male at birth. Her story starts with her childhood and follows the ups and downs of exploring her sexuality, gender, and transition–as well…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Redefining Realness

  My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More

  Mock, Janet

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  A journalist and activist offers her perspective on the realities of being young, multi-racial, economically challenged, and transgender, recounting her disadvantaged youth and decision to undergo gender reassignment surgery at the age of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rethinking Normal

  A Memoir in Transition

  Hill, Katie Rain

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  A personal account by a college student who endured years of bullying and disapprobation describes how after numerous failed therapies she accepted her transgender status and began learning how to be a girl while pursuing surgical gender…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Transition

  The Story of How I Became a Man

  Bono, Chaz • Fitzpatrick, Billie

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  The son of Sonny Bono and Cher tells the story of the long road to discover the gender he truly identified with and his life-changing decision to have a sex-change operation.

• Sorted

  Growing Up, Coming Out, and Finding My Place: A Transgender Memoir

  Bird, Jackson

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  An unflinching and endearing memoir from LGBTQ+ advocate Jackson Bird about how he finally sorted things out and came out as a transgender man.

• She's Not There

  A Life in Two Genders

  Boylan, Jennifer Finney

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  A remarkable memoir that tells the story of a person who changed genders chronicles the life of James, a critically acclaimed novelist, who eventually became Jenny, a happy and successful English professor.

• Man Alive

  A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man

  McBee, Thomas Page

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  On the cusp of a life-changing decision to transition from female to male, the author focuses on two of the men who impacted his life, seeking to understand what it truly means to be a man.

• Spellbound

  a Graphic Memoir

  Som, Bishakh, 1968-

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  This graphic novel memoir by a transgender woman explores the concept of identity by inviting us to move through her life as she would have us see her, that is, as she sees herself.

• Before I Had the Words

  On Being a Transgender Young Adult

  Kergil, Skylar

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  Revealing entries from the author's personal journals as well as interviews with his mother, brother, and friends lend remarkable depth to a groundbreaking memoir of change, loss, discovery, pain, and relief.

• Tranny

  Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout

  Grace, Laura Jane, 1980-

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  The provocative transgender advocate and lead singer of the punk rock band Against Me! provides a searing account of her search for identity and her true self.