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The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World's Queer Frontiers by Mark Gevisser
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lowkeymarie's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
sad
slow-paced
3.5
I'm definitely grateful to have read this book and been introduced to the personal stories of the LGBTQ+ subjects within. As a queer person from the US, it's definitely easy to have blinders on and just see and speak out against the issues facing us at home. You have some vague idea of the injustices and dangers that queer and trans people face in other countries, but it's different when you have names and stories to really illustrate those hardships. I also really appreciated the inclusion of some nonbinary and gender non-conforming people, as I don't see that enough in media.
Where this book sometimes faltered for me is in the tone. I believe the author is or was a journalist and sections of this book were published as articles in years past, and the book frequently read like an article: dry and dispassionate. Which I found off-putting due to the subject (and my own personal preferences in non-fiction, I suppose). The parts of the book that worked best for me were when the author broke the fourth wall a bit more to talk about how things affected him (especially the epilogue where he mulls over how his environment and experiences could have shaped his own sense of his gender identity as a child). And while I found the interstitials about the global politics and history of the LGBTQ+ movement interesting and informative, they could have been condensed a bit more for my taste.
Where this book sometimes faltered for me is in the tone. I believe the author is or was a journalist and sections of this book were published as articles in years past, and the book frequently read like an article: dry and dispassionate. Which I found off-putting due to the subject (and my own personal preferences in non-fiction, I suppose). The parts of the book that worked best for me were when the author broke the fourth wall a bit more to talk about how things affected him (especially the epilogue where he mulls over how his environment and experiences could have shaped his own sense of his gender identity as a child). And while I found the interstitials about the global politics and history of the LGBTQ+ movement interesting and informative, they could have been condensed a bit more for my taste.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, and Violence
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