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emdowd's review against another edition
3.0
I finished it a whole two weeks before the class I teach starts, do I get a gold star?
I'm curious what my students will think of this - It's denser than I had anticipated but I think my seniors will be able to grapple with it just fine. They won't be reading all of it as much of it falls outside the scope of our class, but I think for the 20th Century it'll do nicely (supplemented with a whole bunch of outside sources including Susan Stryker's "Transgender History" and some film).
I'm disappointed that not only did this center whiteness pretty thoroughly especially after 1492, but ace and bi+ people were left out. Could Bronski not at the very least acknowledged Brenda Howard, Mother of Pride? Or Christine Jorgensen, the first widely known trans woman in the US? I expected more from a book with "queer" in the title.
But you know what, I just got done planning a class on queer identities and activism throughout the 20th Century and that alone was over ambitious of me, maybe I'm being slightly too harsh. It's a lot and it's an ambitious book I'm glad is out there.
I'm curious what my students will think of this - It's denser than I had anticipated but I think my seniors will be able to grapple with it just fine. They won't be reading all of it as much of it falls outside the scope of our class, but I think for the 20th Century it'll do nicely (supplemented with a whole bunch of outside sources including Susan Stryker's "Transgender History" and some film).
I'm disappointed that not only did this center whiteness pretty thoroughly especially after 1492, but ace and bi+ people were left out. Could Bronski not at the very least acknowledged Brenda Howard, Mother of Pride? Or Christine Jorgensen, the first widely known trans woman in the US? I expected more from a book with "queer" in the title.
But you know what, I just got done planning a class on queer identities and activism throughout the 20th Century and that alone was over ambitious of me, maybe I'm being slightly too harsh. It's a lot and it's an ambitious book I'm glad is out there.
moerenavillasenor's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
medium-paced
5.0
bookbutch's review against another edition
5.0
I very much enjoyed this and it was an easy non-fiction book to get through since it's not overly long. The first half of this I didn't learn a lot, but that is more to do with my background in queer studies and related fields. This is definitely a good book for people not as well-versed in queer history or the intersections of queerness and race.
bbymac's review
challenging
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Colonisation
Minor: Ableism, Drug use, Hate crime, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic
These are for topics mentioned in the book. There aren’t many personal narratives experiencing these things since it’s looking at historical events unsung a removed context. The author also does not express these views himself, merely shared stories of overcoming adversity.chilivanilli28's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Violence