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Gender Euphoria by Laura Kate Dale

11 reviews

warlocksarecool21's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative

4.5

As with any collection of short-form writing it’s hard to rate the work as a whole, but overall I thought Gender Euphoria was really well done and  thought-provoking. Each essay reflects on one of the writers’ experiences with feeling gender euphoria in spite of any dysphoria and transphobia they experience in other parts of their life. While I was worried at the beginning that this book was going to be very UK-centric, this collection features a broad range of writings from people all over the world with various ethnic, racial and religious backgrounds, as well as featuring many different gender identities. I enjoyed reading each essay, even though there were some I liked more than others, but they are all valuable and worth reading. The main theme of the collection is trans joy but we also get really brilliant analysis on unpacking gender roles and expression and making gender into whatever you want it to be. I also think the collection does a good job discussing the abysmal state of trans healthcare (mainly in the UK) and how there are so many medical and legal barriers to living openly as a trans person. But all of those barriers can’t take away from someone’s gender identity that they’re valid regardless of what society says and can still experience love and joy despite these things. So many of the essays highlight the importance of finding community and people that support you and how that is integral to your wellbeing. I personally resonated with a lot of the essays in this collection, especially the ones by nonbinary individuals. I think this an excellent collection of essays and everyone can take something away from it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Medical content, Transphobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Misogyny and Sexual assault

kiki_tyler's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

Beautiful and joyful. Everyone should read this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual assault

poisoned_icecream's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Transphobia

hayleyvem's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Dysphoria, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Deadnaming

Minor: Sexual assault

ampharos906's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Minor: Death, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Body shaming

kaizw's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Transphobia, Sexual content, and Racism

booksbeyondthebinary's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Sexual content and Sexual assault

dazzle_spider_reader_1212's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

As a Trans man myself, this book was funny, lighthearted, and full of hope but simultaneously had some more hard hitting moments that made me well up a bit.
The people in this book, for the most part, told their stories so eloquently, and every story has annotations and post it notes where I've just related to each and every one of them in different ways. 
Excelent book!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Alcohol, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Ableism, Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual assault

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Body shaming, Misogyny, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Bullying and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent, Suicide, Pregnancy, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Sexual assault, and Murder

hallsifer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

I really enjoyed this book - like, really enjoyed it. It's not often to see stories of trans joy and euphoria. Each essay is heartfelt and (in parts) fun. I would've loved to have seen even more essays from folks with an even wider array of genders - half of the essays in the book were by the editor (nothing inherently wrong with that, but would've preferred more variety). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Grief and Sexual assault