Titres dans Biographies et mémoires

The razor-sharp but damaged Valerie Solanas; a doomed lesbian biker gang; recovering alcoholics; and teenagers barely surviving at an ice creamery: these are some of the larger-than-life, yet all-too-human figures populating America’s fringes. Rife with never-ending fights and failures, theirs are the stories we too often try to forget. But in the process of excavating and documenting these queer lives, Michelle Tea also reveals herself in unexpected and heartbreaking ways.

Born the youngest of 15 siblings in Lakewood, Ohio, Shelly McNamara began writing as a child to explore her inner self and make sense of the world around her. From the grief of losing close friends and family, the pain of estrangement and rejection, and a deep desire to make the world a more respectful, loving, and inclusive place, Shelly wrote poetry and stories of hope and strength. Writing helped her embrace her own identity while she waited for the world to recognize her lifelong commitment to the woman she loves and the family they built together.

As the author, I have recreated events and conversations from memory, to which I can recall of them to the fullest extent. In order to maintain their anonymity in some instances, I have changed all of the names of individuals, along with leaving out identifiable characteristics and details such as physical properties, in order to protect the privacy of majority individuals in its entirety.

My Journey - Sally to Shay is a powerful story of one person's struggle to live as themselves and find self-worth. After a traumatic life as Sally, from childhood to adulthood, true love is the key. Happiness follows, as months under the surgeon's knife lead to Shay becoming his true self. Sally to Shay is a must-listen for individuals and families going through the same turmoil.

In their gripping anthology, Unmuted: Stories of Courage and Resilience from the GenPride Community, 14 LGBTQIA adults share the struggles and triumphs that shaped their lives. Some stories explore issues that have marked their generation: AIDS, gender identity, sexuality, persecution, and reclaiming one's true self. Others grapple with health, family, loss, addiction, and love. Unmuted is about heartbreak and courage, strength, and resilience.

Tabernacle of Lies is the true story of a Black LGBT youth coming to terms with his sexuality while growing up in predominantly suburban White neighborhoods and under the repressive influences and abuses of evangelical Christendom. It is the first book in a compelling and delightful series giving you a front row seat to experience tragic secrets, a pursuit of love and innocence lost amidst the arduous social landscape of the '70s, '80s, and '90s, and the height of the AIDS crisis.

Karla Jay's memoir of an age whose tumultuous social and political movements fundamentally reshaped American culture takes listeners from her early days in the 1968 Columbia University student riots to her post-college involvement in New York radical women's groups and the New York Gay Liberation Front to Southern California in the early '70s, where she continued in the battle for gay civil rights. We see her helping to organize the takeover of The Ladies Home Journal and “ogle-ins” - where women staked out Wall Street and whistled at the men.

[Contains explicit content] Susie Bright, one of America's best-known sexperts, addresses the sexual politics of the day's news, reviews recent movies and erotic books, answers your sex and relationship questions, and more in this exclusive AudibleOriginal®. Get the latest issue or subscribe!

[Contains explicit content] In this 2016 show, Susie talks to Greg Cope White about his memoir The Pink Marine. Long before "DADT" (don't ask, don't tell) a friend invited him to sign up for the Marine Corps summer boot camp, but all Greg heard was "summer" and "camp". Semper fi!

The Rain May Pass is a coming-of-age memoir from Alan Shayne-actor, casting director, producer, and former President of Warner Bros Television. Set in New England in the 1940s, a teenage boy falls in love with a man twice his age and soon learns more about himself than he ever imagined possible.

My Dalek Has Another Puncture is Simon Fisher-Becker’s second book in his autobiographical trilogy. An honest and inspiring account of his life after Doctor Who, the audiobook takes us on a switchback ride of auditions, castings, filming, and recording as Simon meets old friends and makes new ones while taking Dorium Maldovar, the bald blue intergalactic black-marketer, around the world to meet his fans. Natural raconteur Simon relates both tragedies and triumphs with refreshing honesty.

James Barry was one of the most outstanding doctors of the 19th century – a brilliant surgeon, a tireless campaigner for medical reform, and a compassionate Inspector-General of the Army. But throughout a long and distinguished career an air of secrecy, even of scandal, always clung to Barry. The shrill voice, the diminutive build, the almost ostentatious humanity – all struck a discordant note in the stiff, conventional world of the officers’ mess. Only after the doctor’s death in 1865 did the incredible truth come to light: Dr. James Barry was a woman.

Forever Her Mother’s Son: The Dina Jacobs Story is a biography about Dina Montalbo. She was born Clifford Amado Montalbo and has lived most of her life as a performer, providing entertainment to those who appreciate her talents and illusions. Dina’s life has had many ups and downs, successes and disappointments, and has taken her all around the world. Dina believes in living life in the present. She recognizes that the past has happened and the future will occur.

Charles St. Anthony dreamed of living in San Francisco his whole life, and after a sudden return to the USA from Japan, he makes his way to the Bay. In this novella-sized mini-memoir, Charles finds the humor in every situation - whether it be a series of dating fiascoes in the Castro or beating a path down to Silicon Valley. He takes you on a tour of the New Age Babylon by the Bay, and Charles describes his notable adventures in political canvassing, polyamory, getting fired from a Jamba Juice knock-off and driving a sketchy San Francisco taxi cab (in the age of Uber).

In his first collection of condensed stories, James uses his quick wit and bizarre sense of humor to provoke laughter and gaiety. From the awkward moment that ensues after his boss mistakenly discovers a pornographic image on his cellphone, to the struggles of toilet training three cats in a one-bedroom apartment, James always has a way of finding the silver lining.

Following in the footsteps of such category killers as Milk and Honey and Whiskey Words & a Shovel I, Fariha Róisín's poetry book is a collection of her thoughts as a young, queer, Muslim femme navigating the difficulties of her intersectionality. Simultaneously, this compilation unpacks the contentious relationship that exists between Róisín and her mother, her platonic and romantic heartbreaks, and the cognitive dissonance felt as a result of being so divided among her broad spectrum of identities.

Imagine thinking you had the ideal life. The perfect partner, on whom you relied and trusted. An infant child, newly adopted. Then one day, you wake up, and the life you’ve been living has suddenly turned upside down. Everything thought true becomes suspect. And you learn, quite quickly, that you can never again trust the person sleeping beside you.

It’s funny how life never pans out the way you’d expect. I always knew that something wasn’t right, that some part of my inside didn’t match my outside. What I didn’t know then is that I’m transgender, a realization that took a lifetime to fully unpack and understand. And to embrace. Growing up in Michigan I started off sheltered with no idea of what lay over the horizon, but serving in the navy opened my eyes to what possibilities might be within my grasp. I encountered many forks in the road, sometimes I made the right choice, sometimes my decisions were terribly wrong.

Seit ihrem zehnten Lebensjahr strebt Glennon Doyle danach, gut zu sein: eine gute Tochter, eine gute Freundin, eine gute Ehefrau - so wie die meisten Frauen schon als Mädchen lernen, sich anzupassen. Doch statt sie glücklich zu machen, hinterlässt dieses Streben zunehmend ein Gefühl von Müdigkeit, Über- und Unterforderung. Glennon - erfolgreiche Bestsellerautorin, verheiratet, Mutter von drei Kindern - droht, sich selbst zu verlieren. Bis sie sich eines Tages Hals über Kopf in eine Frau verliebt - und endlich beschließt, ihr Leben selbst in die Hand zu nehmen.

Going to Wings, by Sandra Worsham, is a tender and entertaining memoir about love, family, sexuality, and faith. The author loves women, she loves Catholicism, and she loves her small hometown of Milledgeville, Georgia, the home of the Catholic writer Flannery O’Connor. The result is a dramatic struggle well worth following. This is a journey of stunning losses and successes, of fear and courage, told with admirable style and wit, with charming innocence, and with honesty.