Emergence is Mario Martino’s groundbreaking 1977 autobiography, chronicling his transition from female to male at a time when trans stories were almost entirely absent from public view. With honesty and candor, Martino details the struggles of living in a body that didn’t match his identity, his medical and social journey toward self-realization, and the courage it took to live openly as a trans man decades before wider cultural acceptance. Both deeply personal and historically significant, it remains a landmark in LGBTQ+ autobiographical writing.