Reviews with content warning for Transphobia - Gender Euphoria

Echoing other reviewers that found it a bit off-putting that 1/3 of the collection is by the editor. I would have liked to see a larger variety of stories, personally. That being said, I did enjoy Laura Kate Dale's chapters equally as the rest of them. It's a good anthology.

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3.5

This was a very informative book but at times it was hard to get through. It was refreshing to read a book about gender euphoria, because too often we just hear only about trans pain.

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4.5

I really enjoyed hearing about trans joy, points and moments of euphoria in a diverse group of gender identities, sexualities, ages, ethnicities and cultural backgrounds. I enjoyed hearing the different voices and writing styles. Unfortunately it did take me a while to read because of the self contained essays, you didn’t necessarily have an immediate need to go to the next, I wish that the book maybe had parts or ordered them based on similarities in the stories/essays. But as always I love hearing and learning about different trans people’s experiences and seeing how they both differ and relate to mine. Trans and queer joy is infectious 🏳️‍⚧️

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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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5.0

Beautiful and joyful. Everyone should read this.

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5.0

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