Transvestite Memoirs Exposes 17Th Century Scandalous Escapades

Tittle: Transvestite Memoirs

Genre: Book, Biography,Autobiography,Memoirs

 Year: 2006
Publisher: Peter Owen

Author: Abbe de Choisy

Synopsis: By his mother's whim, Francois Timoleon de Choisy dressed as a girl. At 18 he attempted male attire then became a transvestite, never disguising his sex while going out in public in female attire. His fascination with feminine accessories made him something of an expert, offering advice to prominent society women. His extravagance earned him exile from Paris and gambling debts forced him to live on a modest benefice. A serious illness lead to a sudden conversion to religion and he was later ordained a priest. This paperback reprint recounts Choisy's scandalous escapades in a light and accessible style. His authentic memoirs expose the manners and morals in the seventeenth century as well as documenting the history of transvestism.   source / buy it at tlabooks

Queers in History From Egyptian Pharaohs, Catholic Popes, Abraham Lincoln

Tittle:Queers in History

Genre: Book ,Biography/Autobiography/Memoirs

Year:2009
Publisher: Ben Bella
Author: Keith Stern

Sypnosis: Queers in History is the first comprehensive biographical compendium of important historical and contemporary figures who were/are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. From Egyptian pharaohs, Catholic popes and Abraham Lincoln to Bishop Gene Robinson, Neil Patrick Harris and Angelina Jolie, Queers in History brings these figures, from their work to their sexuality, to life. source / buy it at tlabooks
 

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Markova Comfort Gay - A True to Life Story

Tittle: Markova  aka: Markova Comfort Gay

Genre:Drama,Biography,War

Year:2001

Plot:A very unusual drama, based on true events, of a Filipino gay man imprisoned by the Japanese in WWII and forced to be a sex slave. This film is for lovers of gay history and international film -- don't expect sex scenes or gorgeous hunks -- just a great story about a flaming queer from a generation past.

aking his cue from television interviews with "comfort women" (Filipino women forced into prostitution for occupying Japanese soldiers), director Gil Porte's unique drama focuses on the gays, drag queens, and transgender people who also suffered at the hands of the occupying forces.

The time is the present. Walter Dempster Jr., alias Markova, a resident in the "Golden Gays" rest home in Manila and he decides he must speak out. He begins to tell an initially skeptical reporter of his wartime life. He reveals that as a child, the flamboyant Walter was constantly bullied by his older brother. He becomes Walterina – a flaming adolescent drag queen. When the Japanese occupy the Philippines he finds himself suffering terrible violence from the soldiers who originally believed him to be female. Eventually, he becomes the regal den mother to a flamboyant – and at times bitchy – group of fellow cross-dressers who spend their time in forced sex work. When the country is liberated, post-war life has its own set of difficulties for Markova.

A great, if unusual, Filipino melodrama peppered with amazing production numbers that must be seen to be believed. A metaphor for the political and sexual situation in the Philippines: from oppressive ultra-conservative to a slow but progressive ongoing march towards some kind of liberation. And for trivia fans: the young, adult and older Markova are Dolphy Quizon and his two real-life sons; keeping it in the family has never had such resonance. (English, Tagalog with English subtitles) source tlavideo

The First Man-Made Man

Tittle:The First Man-Made Man: The Story of Two Sex Changes, One Love Affair, and a Twentieth-Century Medical Revolution

Genre: Book, Biographical/Autobiographical/Memoirs

Year: 2007
Author: Pagan Kennedy

Synopsis:In the 1920s when Laura Dillon felt like a man trapped in a woman’s body, there were no words to describe her condition; transsexuals had yet to enter common usage. And there was no known solution to being stuck between the sexes. Laura Dillon did all she could on her own: she cut her hair, dressed in men’s clothing, bound her breasts with a belt. But in a desperate bid to feel comfortable in her own skin, she experimented with breakthrough technologies that ultimately transformed the human body and revolutionized medicine. From upper-class orphan girl to Oxford lesbian, from post-surgery romance with Roberta Cowell (an early male-to-female) to self-imposed exile in India, Michael Dillon’s incredible story reveals the struggles of early transsexuals and challenges conventional notions of what gender really means.
Also contains 15 black and white photos throughout.  TLABOOKS

Christine Jorgensen EX-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty

Tittle:Christine Jorgensen: A Personal Autobiography

Genre: Book,Biography/Autobiographical/Memoirs

Year:2000
Author: Christine Jorgensen
Contributor:Susan Stryker

Synopsis:On December 1, 1952, readers of the New York Daily News were greeted with a banner headline: EX-GI BECOMES BLONDE BEAUTY: OPERATIONS TRANSFORM BRONX YOUTH. In the ensuing 18 months, more than half a million words about Jorgensen rolled off the world’s presses. In her own personable style, Jorgensen offers her intimate account of her groundbreaking life as the first world-renowned transsexual. "Nature made a mistake," she writes, "which I have corrected. Jorgensen speaks candidly of her struggles before and after her surgery, and of her dazzling international celebrity. She was both "banned" in Boston and named "Woman of the Year." Acquainted with many of the celebrities of the time, including Judy Garland, Tennessee Williams, Natalie Wood, and Truman Capote, she was a Las Vegas entertainer, a widely respected photographer, and a filmmaker. Introduction penned by Susan Stryker. TLABooks

Madame Satã Brazilian Popular Culture

Tittle: Madame Satã

Genre: Biography,Drama,Crime,Musical

Year: 2002

Plot:From the seedy slums of 1930s Rio de Janeiro emerged a feral, explosive, and legendary creature known as Madame Satã - criminal, surrogate father, performer, lover, fighter, and driven Afro-Brazilian gay man. João was jet-black, six feet tall, 180 pounds of proud muscle in a silk shirt and tight pants, a cutthroat razor in his back pocket. Director Karim Aïnouz brings Satã’s violent “birth” to life in this visceral, energized feature. This sex-filled, incredible drama focuses on three characters: João (Ramos), the man the film is about, Laurita (Cartaxo), his lover/whore/mother of his adopted child and Tabu (Bauraqui), a drag queen who keeps the house and makes Madame Satã's costumes. This is a music-filled, magical journey to a world of "hoods and queens" in Rio that you won't soon forget. tlavideo