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genderqueer_hiker's review
5.0
Incredibly well researched and presented, the story of Lou Sullivan was riveting. I deeply enjoyed learning more about this crucial trans ancestor; I would like to imagine that he and I would have been friends.
choirqueer's review against another edition
4.0
Brice Smith has done a brilliant job lifting up the story of transgender pioneer Lou Sullivan. His passion for this project shines throughout each chapter. I bawled my eyes out through the last two chapters. This is such an important story for the world to know about!
dmbooks's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Medical trauma and Transphobia
meganmilks's review
4.0
Three point five, rounding up-- a digestible and absorbing biography of an important figure for gay/trans/AIDS activism-- Lou comes across as totally lovable, a joy to spend so much time with. I chafed at some of the biographer's interpretive claims, some of which felt heavy-handed, others simply weirdly unproductive speculations about how Lou's life might have been different if he had, say, not moved to SF. But there's a ton of heart here, and also worth reading for the history into the formation and politics of Milwaukee's LGBTQ community, and how Lou negotiated trans/lesbian tensions during the rise of lesbian separatism in the Midwest.
mcxwell's review
5.0
Lou Sullivan is a name which those of us of a younger age should be more awareness. The work he did to normalise gay trans man, and trans men in general, is cause for celebration. He put himself out in the world so that others may find someone like themselves, where he did not.
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