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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
I really don't know how I feel about this one.
I'm very glad that this book exists and that it explores a diverse group of people in the transgender community, but I don't think it was executed very well.
I'm very glad that this book exists and that it explores a diverse group of people in the transgender community, but I don't think it was executed very well.
The stories from the teens were really interesting, and I learned a lot, but I missed some perspective/background/further information from the author.
I bought it and I think it's a resource the library should have, but I wish it had been better done. I did skim through it when I bought it and I can see folks reading one story and then putting it down. When I read it through for this group they all sort of ran together for me. I think it'll help folks who are thinking about this or are going through it, but I don't think it has enough to grab the general reader.
This book was so interesting. Sometimes I had to remind myself that they're teenagers who are still figuring out themselves and the world (there's a lot of "females" as nouns and a scattered presence of biphobia) but first person accounts are invaluable and so important to make available.
My biggest takeaway was how huge the effects of available resources was for each person. Those with a social support network and access to educated health (mental an physical) care had much healthier transitions than those who had to fight external forces while trying to grapple with their own identity.
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I do have to say that some of the recommended movies in the resource section are pretty cringe-y.
My biggest takeaway was how huge the effects of available resources was for each person. Those with a social support network and access to educated health (mental an physical) care had much healthier transitions than those who had to fight external forces while trying to grapple with their own identity.
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I do have to say that some of the recommended movies in the resource section are pretty cringe-y.
This book shares the stories of six transgender young people. Their stories are told well and are interesting. I found it quite interesting that two of the young people describe how different it is to be treated like the other gender. Jessy describes it as male privilege - that she felt that people treated her more respectfully as a male than as a female and Christine did not want people holding doors for her and found some of the ways that she was treated as a female a bit less respectful than she had been treated as a male. Two of the people portrayed in the book seem deeply unhappy and mentally a bit unbalanced and I think that is sad. One has anger management issues and another has been diagnosed in the past as a bipolar, clinical psychopath with narcissistic tendencies. The other people seem more comfortable and happy with themselves. I also found it interesting that all of the young people claimed that most people are fine with the homosexual label, but much less understanding about being transgender or gender neutral. The young people in this book all have gone to a clinic and take hormones in order to transition to the other gender and the effects of the hormones are described and explained. None of them has had gender reversal surgery though. I received this book free to review from Netgalley.
5 stars for subject matter and it's a great introduction to being a teen and transgender.
I am reading the top 10 most challenged/banned books from 2015, and this is #4. It is better to think of this book as a collection of interviews or oral histories. It has a lot of information about personal experiences and transitions of teens. It could be a good read for people who want a basic primer on the associated issues.
This read like someone's school project or a low-budget publication. The stories were no less meaningful and eye-opening, though
2.5 rounded up
My main issue with this book is that its written by a cis woman for cis people. Thid is very clear in the narrow scope of questions asked as well as how they were worded. It's not a bad book, but not as informative as I thought. I think if you knew very little or nothing about the trans community it would be informative, but there are probably better introductory books out there.
My main issue with this book is that its written by a cis woman for cis people. Thid is very clear in the narrow scope of questions asked as well as how they were worded. It's not a bad book, but not as informative as I thought. I think if you knew very little or nothing about the trans community it would be informative, but there are probably better introductory books out there.
emotional
informative
medium-paced