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Gender Queer: A Memoir Deluxe Edition by Maia Kobabe

42 reviews

emoryscott's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

As a transgender reader, I loved this book. If I had read this in middle school or high school, I would have understood myself a lot better. I’m sad that this book has risen the ranks of banned books to become THE most banned book in America. I hope this book gets into the hands of the people who need it somehow. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deadnaming, Bullying, Transphobia, Medical content, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Body shaming, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, Alcohol, and Pregnancy

catherinedsharp's review

inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

A funny and beautifully illustrated comic exploring gender.

Really made me reflect on my own relationship with queerness. 

Would recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming and Sexual content

literarywreck's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Dysphoria, Medical trauma, and Transphobia

Moderate: Deadnaming

author2223's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, and Outing

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, and Deadnaming

arlangrey17's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely beautiful. I resonated with eir story so much. I can't wait to read this again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Deadnaming, Vomit, and Medical trauma

faeriekit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Still reeling from emotions. If I have the time, I'll come back to this later; in the time that I have, let me put this in the hands of every kid learning to question themselves. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, Deadnaming, and Medical trauma

jayisreading's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

This was a beautiful exploration of gender and sexuality, especially how difficult it is to ever make sense of either and the close relationship they have to each other. I deeply felt the struggle that Kobabe had, trying to make sense of why assigned gender roles felt uncomfortable. What I really appreciated about this memoir was how honest Kobabe was about eir confusion throughout. I think a lot of times, people don’t realize that you don’t always reach the end of the gender/sexuality journey. Sometimes you slip between the cracks; sometimes you wander off the path; and sometimes you’re at a standstill, not knowing what to do next. I thought Kobabe depicted this really well.

Another thing worth highlighting about this memoir is its accessibility to people who may not be as in-the-loop with gender, pronouns, and everything in-between. There’s a particular vulnerability discussing this the way Kobabe did, which is through eir interpersonal relationships and the difficulties that come with the conversations that inevitably come up about gender.

I think what really made this memoir work was that it was a graphic novel. The illustrations were beautiful, highlighting so much of the love, color, and brightness that exists in Kobabe’s life. It wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows, though, and I appreciated the moments when the artwork also took a serious turn at certain points (I specifically think of the scenes with the gynecologist).

All-in-all, this was such a thoughtful and beautiful read. I’m so glad that there are more books out there for trans and nonbinary people to pick up and see a little more of themselves.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Medical trauma, and Transphobia

Moderate: Blood, Acephobia/Arophobia, Sexual content, and Deadnaming

emeraldelephant's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

I do think this is an important book to be read by anyone looking to expand their knowledge of gender identities and sexual orientation.  Those two ideas can go hand and hand but are not mutually inclusive every time.  I really enjoyed reading this from Maia.  I usually hate rating memoirs but I feel that this had a lot of information that would be very helpful to a lot of people.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Medical content, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Deadnaming

orlagal's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Blood, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Outing, Pregnancy, and Transphobia

foxowl2005's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Deadnaming, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Transphobia and Homophobia

misgendering, snakes