Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics by The Kao, Min Christensen, David Daneman

7 reviews

robinks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

It is so difficult to compile an anthology where every piece resonates and is visually stunning, but this one gets incredibly close. I thoroughly enjoyed almost all of the comics.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Bullying, Sexism, and Medical content

Minor: Violence, Child abuse, and Deadnaming

ashylibrarian's review against another edition

inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

A colorfully affirming graphic novel anthology from trans and nonbinary artists. 

The stories are unique and celebrate, comfort, and affirm trans and nonbinary experiences. I typically struggle reading anthologies, but I really appreciated that each artist gave a brief bio before their work. This helped to learn about the artist while also putting a nice break between stories. 

Further support and resources are noted at the end of this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Dysphoria, and Transphobia

Moderate: Medical content

moonyreadsbystarlight's review

hopeful reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia and Medical content

livlamentloathe's review

hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Gotta give it up to this book—it helped me mentally work through some gender stuff. Could I be non-binary? It’s more likely than you think!

Gender is nothing, ya know? It’s a myth created by humans to force us all into boxes and labels. Do you think female dolphins are aware of their gender? Doubt it. Dolphins are more evolved than us.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Bullying, Medical content, and Body shaming

theaceofpages's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

Ooh this is such a beautiful book. The art is fantastic and as a non-binary person, I loved the representation. The stories are all a bit on the short side (not really surprising when you consider how many contributors there are, although this could probably have been split into multiple anthologies if total page length is the limiting factor) and I did find myself wishing that they went a bit more in depth. That being said, this is definitely a spectacular resource for anyone who may be questioning their gender and for those who want to understand what it's like to not identify with the gender they were assigned at birth. Especially since many of the stories are about how the artists came to discover their gender identity. Just be aware that you may need to seek out other books if you want a more in-depth exploration of gender identity. But this is still a fantastic resource with how accessible it is and how the art captures the artists' experiences. I definitely recommend this book and hope that other find answers and understanding and/or see themselves in its beautiful pages

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. As always, all opinions are my own.

Some notes on some of the content warnings: (All are individually spoilered)

Dysphoria:

I feel like this is kind of two be expected in a book about what it means to not fit into your assigned gender. A lot of the stories do also explore escaping from dysphoria when the artists started living as their true selves though so that is beautiiful.

Transphobia:

A lot of the artists had people who didn't believe them/ feel unseen in who they are and/or internalised transphobia

Sexism: 

Things around gender roles and expectations. About how you aren't allowed to do  because you are y. Mostly around expectations surrounding AFAB people, but a bit of both.

 
Medical content: 

Top surgery

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Medical content, Transphobia, Bullying, and Sexism

Minor: Deadnaming

nerdysread's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

5.0

Thanks to NetGalley, I had the opportunity to read an E-Arc of this book, and I LOVED it. Seeing and reading about  so many trans, especially non-binary people (I am enby), just felt amazing. 
I just think, it would have been great seeing more trans women

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Dysphoria

Moderate: Medical content, Transphobia, and Sexism

Minor: Child abuse and Bullying

kpwxx's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Sexism, Transphobia, Medical content, and Homophobia

Minor: Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, and Death