TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brady-Davis,Precious
TI  - I have always been me: a memoir 
SN  - 9781542044301
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Topple Books, Little A
KW  - Transgender people
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - African American transgender people
KW  - Racially mixed people
KW  - Gender-nonconforming people
KW  - Foster home care
KW  - Pentecostal churches
KW  - Omaha (Neb.)
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Early family trouble -- A family divided -- Church offers a glimpse of hope -- Which house is a home? -- Churches, drama, and more houses -- Breakthroughs -- An education -- A new kind of family -- Time for a change -- Work with purpose -- Settling in to joy -- Epilogue: Three years later
N2  - Trans woman Precious Brady-Davis recalls her childhood growing up in the Omaha foster care system and Pentecostal faith as a biracial, gender-nonconforming child; Born into traumatic circumstances, Brady-Davis was brought up in the Omaha foster care system and the Pentecostal faith. As a biracial, gender-nonconforming kid, she felt displaced, but has come to realize that she had a purpose all along. Here Brady-Davis reflects on a childhood of neglect, instability, and abandonment. She reveals her determination to dream through it and shares her profound journey as a trans woman now fully actualized, absolutely confident, and precious. In relating her sojourn as a song of self-reliance and pride, she offers an invitation to join in the chorus. -- adapted from jacket
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