This Time for Me, Alexandra Billings
This Time for Me, Alexandra Billings
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This Time for Me
A Memoir

Author: Alexandra Billings, Joanne Gordon

Narrator: Alexandra Billings

Unabridged: 14 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2022

Synopsis

An emotional, funny, and fabulous memoir by trailblazing and award-winning Trans actor and activist Alexandra Billings.Born in 1962, Alexandra Billings grew up in a decade in which being herself was illegal. When she started transitioning in 1980, the word “Transgender” was not commonly used. With no Trans role models and no path to follow, Alexandra did what her family, teachers, and even friends said was impossible: Alexandra forged ahead.Spanning five decades, from profound lows to exhilarating highs, This Time for Me captures the events of a pioneering life. An award-winning actor and history-making LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS activist, Alexandra shares not only her own ever-evolving story but also the parallel ways in which queer identity has dramatically changed since the Stonewall riots of 1969. She weaves a true coming-of-age story of richly imaginative lies, of friends being swept away by a plague that decimated the community, of her determination to establish a career that would break boundaries, and of the recognition of her own power.A celebration of endless possibilities, Alexandra’s bracing memoir is a fight-to-the-death revolution against all expectations.

About Alexandra Billings

Alexandra Billings is an actor, singer, author, teacher, and activist who has appeared on numerous television shows, including Amazon’s Emmy and Golden Globe Award–winning Transparent. Billings, who has been acting since 1968, has also performed across the United States in hundreds of plays and musicals. She made her Broadway debut in The Nap in 2018 and joined the cast of Wicked as Madame Morrible the following year. Every role played by Billings is thought to be a first for an out Transgender human. She is the recipient of countless awards and holds an MFA in acting. Billings has lived with AIDS since 1995, and her LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS activism stretches across the continent and culminated in her moderation of a panel on Transgender rights in America at the White House during the Obama administration. She twice married Chrisanne Blankenship, whom she met in 1976 in high school, where they costarred in Twelfth Night. Billings has not touched Shakespeare since then—and vice versa. For more information, visit www.alexandrabillings.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Miranda on March 12, 2022

Okay so I got this from @amazonkindle #amazonfirstreads and I really struggled it was chaotic and all over the place - it didn’t seem to have any real structure and it was pretty repetitive in themes but agin not really organized and after about 200 pages I just wanted it to be over but it went on f......more

Goodreads review by Rick on March 15, 2022

Unique viewpoints.......more

Goodreads review by Ben on February 18, 2023

4.5/5 One of the most important voices in the trans community today. What an incredible journey and life story! Truly inspirational.......more

Goodreads review by Maria on March 09, 2022

"I rediscovered what goodness truly meant and learned each night that without forgiveness of both oneself and others, one cannot ever truly fly free." The memoir of Scott Shanté Alexandra Billings cannot be reviewed without their own words coming first. This Time for Me touched me personally in places......more

Goodreads review by Ásdís on December 16, 2024

Er mjög conflicted með þessa bók. Saga Alexöndru Billings er ótrúleg og mögnuð og er mjög glöð að hafa lesið hana. Ég átti samt svo erfitt með hvað bókin er kaotísk og fer fram og til baka, fannst það draga mjög úr frásögninni. Góður editor hefði gert mikið fyrir þessa mikilvægu sögu.......more

Quotes

“Award-winning trans actor and LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS activist Alexandra Billings exuberantly narrates her life story. With high energy and a commanding presence, Billings lays it all on the line, candidly sharing her painful and resilient journey through sexual assault, attempted suicide, the AIDS epidemic, and extraordinary barriers to living as her authentic self.… Billings's vocal talent is undeniable as she smoothly characterizes a wide range of vivid, funny, and sad encounters throughout her life. Each memory is performed with such gusto and raw emotion that the listener feels transported. A truly inspiring must-listen.” —AudioFile Magazine“Straddling eras, Billings toggles between a time when AIDS meant ‘funeral after funeral’ and [T]rans people lived in the shadows, to a new world in which she made her way to the screen as a boundary-breaking actor. What unfolds alongside a narrative marked by adversity and raunchy humor is a poignant portrait of an artist in search of meaning and personal peace. This begs for an encore.” —Publishers Weekly“This Time for Me shines light both on a remarkable personal journey and a painful time in transgender history…blunt truthfulness is a hallmark of her writing…Though she has been mistreated by society over most of her lifetime, her memoir is a model of grace and compassion, showing the world what it means to be misunderstood, and how we can do better to welcome humans of every stripe.” —Washington Post

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