Binding: Hardcover
Description: A moving chronicle of trans resilience and joy. Vogue Rocero forged a path for herself where one hadn t previously existed and in Horse Barbie gives us such a warm and relatable story of strength and spirit. Elle Best Memoirs of 2023 (So Far) As a young femme in 1990s Manila Geena Rocero heard Bakla bakla! a taunt aimed at her feminine sway whenever she left the tiny universe of her eskinita. Eventually she found her place in trans pageants the Philippines informal national sport. When her competitors mocked her as a horse Barbie due to her statuesque physique tumbling hair long neck and dark skin she leaned into the epithet. By seventeen she was the Philippines highest - earning trans pageant queen. A year later Geena moved to the United States where she could change her name and gender marker on her documents. But legal recognition didn t mean safety. In order to survive Geena went stealth and hid her trans identity gaining one type of freedom at the expense of another. For a while it worked. She became an in - demand model. But as her star rose her sense of self eroded. She craved acceptance as her authentic self yet had to remain vigilant in order to protect her dream career. The high - stakes double life finally forced Geena to decide herself if she wanted to reclaim the power of Horse Barbie once and for all: radiant head held high and unabashedly herself. A dazzling testimony from an icon who sits at the center of transgender history and activism Horse Barbie is a celebratory and universal story of survival love and pure joy.
Title: Horse Barbie A Memoir
Author(s): Rocero Geena
Publisher: Random House Usa Inc
Barcode: 9780593445884
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 5/30/2023
Category: Memoirs