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Ru Paul isn't transgender.

Brian wrote: "Ru Paul isn't transgender."

You're right, Brian, but he is something of a public icon, and he has some very interesting things to say about gender identity and expression.

Bending The Bookshelf wrote: "Brian wrote: "Ru Paul isn't transgender."

You're right, Brian, but he is something of a public icon, and he has some very interesting things to say about gender identity and expression."

Like the fact that he's transphobic?

Bending The Bookshelf wrote: "Brian wrote: "Ru Paul isn't transgender."

You're right, Brian, but he is something of a public icon, and he has some very interesting things to say about gender identity and expression."
That's fine. I just wish that people who aren't trans weren't on this list of trans writers.

Several of the books on this list aren't memoirs or biographies. They should be deleted, yes?

Yes. This list should be what it says it is.

Shannon, I agree! With that in mind, I did some cleanup on this list.

I deleted the following novels....

The Danish Girl
Confessions of a Teenage Hermaphrodite

Question.... what about books that aren't about one particular person? I notice some books that are about trans people in general, but aren't focused on a single individual. An example would be Transparent by Cris Beam.

There are also books by transvestites and drag queens (RuPaul, Josh Kilmer-Purcell) who identify as male, but it sounds like the list creator intended this listopia to be inclusive of them, so I left them alone.

Sally wrote: "Brian wrote: "Ru Paul isn't transgender."

You're right, Brian, but he is something of a public icon, and he has some very interesting things to say about gender identity and expression."

I agree that Ru Paul doesn't belong on this list. It's difficult enough to find memoirs by trans people without mixing in everyone with an "interesting opinion on gender."

Does anyone know of a travel memoir by a transgender author? Aside from Jan Morris. Having trouble finding anything.