Becoming Him: A Trans Memoir Of Triumph

In April 1981, Landa Mabenge enters this world, trapped in a girl's body. From the start, Landa is aware that he does not relate to his female form, despite being socialised as a girl. At age 11 his world is shattered, when an angry woman and her zombie-like husband arrive in Umtata to force him to accompany them to Port Elizabeth. Life in PE with 'the Parents' soon morphs into a Dickensian nightmare. Landa is subjected to horrific abuse as he descends into a world of isolation and shame. At 18 Landa is finally able to escape PE to study at UCT, where he tries to embrace life as a butch lesbian, but he remains tortured by his female body. After a close-to-death break down, Landa finds strength to embark on an arduous four-year-long journey to physically and legally become "Him". In 2014, he makes history by becoming the first known transgender man in South Africa to successfully motivate a medical aid to pay for his surgeries. Both heartbreaking and uplifting, Becoming Him is a groundbreaking story of torture and triumph, bravely opening the lid on cultural shame and abuse against those who choose a path less travelled. 9781304992093 1304992098 0 Biography & Autobiography NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=zZGN0AEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api en

• • Author: Landa Mabenge
• • Publisher: Lulu.Com
• • Publication Date: Oct 24, 2023
• • Number of Pages: 208 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1304992098
• • ISBN-13: 9781304992093