Our Shared Shelf discussion

Let's use this thread to add more books that explore the same themes as Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir.

Add your recommendations OSS!

I know of a few books that have trans characters:


No Man of Woman Born
A wonderful anthology of fantastic settings and dilemas that can only be solved by tenacious and driven trans characters. (The title refers to Shakespeare's Macbeth, but don't worry, there isn't any iambic pentameter here)


https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
A series of books staring twins growing up in a tyrannical dictatorship. Fans of Avatar the Last Airbender/ the Legend of Kora may enjoy for the Eastern inspired aesthetics, the magic, and the fantastic beasts.

Conundrum
As Morris documented in her memoir Conundrum, she began taking oestrogens to feminise her body in 1964. In 1972, she had sex reassignment surgery in Morocco. Sex reassignment surgeon Georges Burou did the surgery, since doctors in Britain refused to allow the procedure unless Morris and Tuckniss divorced, something Morris was not prepared to do at the time.

Adding this as I went back through the archives and found the article Ross posted.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Maybe not more reading... but definitely more learning!

Jin Xing was recognized last year in my Women's History Month representative from China.

A Chinese ballerina, modern dancer, choreographer, actress, and owner of the contemporary dance company Shanghai Jin Xing Dance Theatre. Jin was one of the first few transgender women in China to receive the government's approval to undergo a sex change, and she is also one of the first few transgender women to be officially recognized as a woman by the Chinese government.

Any blurbs about her, don't do her story justice. At the age of 9 she served in the People's Republic of China military as a dancer, taking the rank of colonel before opening her own dance company and undergoing her operations.

Today, not only is she out as a trans-gendered woman, but she has her own TV show that brings in more than 100 million viewers each show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiv9p...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUuqp...

If they're not already on our bookshelf, please feel free to also add these to the How to Suggest a Book thread!

Will do. Thanks!

Give me about a day, then feel free to delete this thread.

No need to delete, I think it's appropriate in this folder as well. I just want to make sure we get all these books on the bookshelf too!

Not further reading, but I'm watching a great documentary on Netflix called The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, a film on trans gender activist and legend Marsha P. Johnson!

Further reading/information

Interviews with Kai where she talks about Fierce Femmes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2nCs...
https://vimeo.com/254543402

Articles by Kai:
(1) How Trans Women Are Reclaiming Their Orgasms: Great article from Kai where she talks about exploring sexuality as a trans person, very informative, detailed, with links to other information: :
https://www.buzzfeed.com/kaichengthom...

(2) Pursuing Happiness As a Trans Woman of Color: https://www.buzzfeed.com/kaichengthom...

Thanks Pam for starting this thread! I told my friend about this book pick and she's reading it soon with her book group. She also recommended Trans: A Memoir - I'm going to read that soon too.
Also I just found this book in my library Not Just a Tomboy: A Trans Masculine Memoir