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When Jill Nalder arrived at drama school in London in the early 1980s, she was ready for her life to begin. With her band of best friends—of which many were talented young gay men with big dreams of their own—she grabbed London by the horns: partying with drag queens at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, hosting cabarets at her glamorous flat, flitting across town to any jobs could get. But soon rumours were spreading from America about a frightening illness being dubbed the 'gay flu', and Jill and her friends found that their formerly carefree existence now under threat.

In 2018, Colton Haynes woke up in a hospital. He’d had two seizures, lost vision in one eye, almost ruptured a kidney, and been put on an involuntary psychiatric hold. Not yet thirty, he knew he had to take stock of his life and make some serious changes if he wanted to see his next birthday. As he worked towards sobriety, Haynes allowed himself to become vulnerable for the first time and discovered profound self-awareness. He had millions of social media followers who constantly told him they loved him.

Carla Antonelli, activista irredenta y protagonista de leyes que cambiaron un país para siempre, ha roto todos los techos de cristal de las mujeres trans. Este libro es su relato incandescente de una vida plagada de lucha que recorre los caminos del abandono, el deseo, la libertad y el poder. En las páginas de este viaje hay hambre, amor, conquistas y maltrato; enemigos declarados y amistades infinitas.