Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Gender Explorers: Our Stories of Growing Up Trans and Changing the World by Juno Roche

8 reviews

james1star's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

I thought this was such a beautiful, heartwarming read and one I’d totally recommend. There isn’t much to this book but what I feel Roche set out to do, they did so perfectly.

It’s a collection of interviews between the author and young trans umbrella children and teens that took place at events hosted by the the UK charities Mermaids and Gendered Intelligence. In them, these ‘gender explores’ as Roche calls them speak about growing up trans in contemporary society, school life with the good and bad, certain steps one has to overcome to make society treat them the way they want to be treated and their plans for the future. The teens and parents/carers also don’t shy away from the more challenging parts of being trans but their perseverance and outlook on life is such a beautiful portrayal of the power and joy of being trans too. Many times I teared up listening to these stories and you can’t help but wish and hope good things will follow or come the way of these individuals. Roche also includes two ‘interviews’ with a younger version of themselves called Pansy which again were amazing and I feel a great way for the author to let free their younger trans self from the bullying and being forced to hide their true self. 

With all the crap being spread by the media and pathetic ‘cultural war’ over trans lives I think this book is a beacon of hope. It shows people that no one is forcing our children to ‘become’ trans but they know from a young age or at least when given the chance to explore, come to the  decisions that best fits them. I loved this, so thank you Juno. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Dysphoria, Bullying, Transphobia, and Suicide attempt

justmehayleyb's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

lee_noel's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Suicide attempt

kitty_may12's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.5

A thoughtful and timely own-voices reflection on what it means to be trans, coming out and coming into your own. Perfect for pride month! This should be considered required reading for anyone that needs to hear it as they go through their own personal journey of gender exploration, or like myself; just wants to educate themselves and try to be the best ally they can be for the people around them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Bullying, and Transphobia

Moderate: Violence, Mental illness, Outing, Sexism, Deadnaming, and Police brutality

Minor: Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

ktnl22's review against another edition

emotional informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

sophiewright's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

danajoy's review against another edition

This is an important book. I'm sure it will be a great resource for education regarding childhood transitioning and the parental prespective. 

Personally, I didn't enjoy the audiobook experience. Having interviews all read by the same person in the same voice was a bit jarring and hard to follow. 

I think I'd have connected more with a different style of novel, one with more in depth discussions and specifics rather than the short interviews. Listening to them back to back doesn't carry as much weight as I'd like. 
I probably would prefer something that tells more of a full story - however I think this is a great starting point. It gives real life examples of gender euphoria and the parental perspective. I just want the chance to bond more with each individual. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, and Medical content

readsbyl's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Hate crime, and Deadnaming