Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

16 reviews

wad3mil3sgarru2's review

informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dysphoria

Minor: Medical trauma, Outing, Blood, and Sexual content

maggieparedesauthor's review

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This book was such a good reflection on figuring yourself out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Lesbophobia, Outing, Pregnancy, Sexism, Body horror, Bullying, Misogyny, and Body shaming

pacifickat's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

I particularly admired how this story navigates conversations around consent, and considering the needs of another in a relationship the way you would want to be considered. This might mean walking away from a potential relationship because you know what the other person wants is not what you can or want to give at the time. It also means walking away when you feel uncomfortable rather than feeling obligated to engage in an interaction at your own expense. It's ok to ask for what you want and voice how you would like to be treated. Maia seems like a gentle soul, and I admired eir courage and kindness in relational and social situations in this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Medical content, Outing, Medical trauma, Sexual content, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Body shaming

Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism

k_williams_15's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Medical trauma, and Outing

Minor: Excrement

With the content warnings, I feel it is important to note that nothing in this book depicts abuse or hate.

charliemaigne's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Medical trauma, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Body shaming

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Bullying, Outing, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Biphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, and Homophobia

Minor: Hate crime

cymbal_curtain's review

emotional funny tense medium-paced

3.0

This book was ok. This is a book about growing up queer mostly. about question gender and sexuality and about hanging out with friends and partners.


1) this book presents "brain sexes" as a scientific truth. This is instead a very controversial topic, without scientific consensus. read the linked for more info (it backs up my claim and is a scientific journal)

https://bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13293-022-00448-w

2) it, if not misinforms, at least confuses, the reader about what "asexual" means. Although the word has some multiple meanings, it primarily means not experiencing attraction, not "not masturbating". And it's fine to me if the author identifies/identified to some extent with the label, but because this is a book I'm a bit disappointed about this.

cws:
 I can't list this in the storygraph system as a content warning, but the book does contain romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Sexual content and Medical content

Minor: Deadnaming and Outing

traa's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Moderate: Body shaming, Blood, Sexual content, and Vomit

Minor: Homophobia, Drug use, Lesbophobia, Outing, Pregnancy, and Transphobia

kirstenf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical trauma, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Vomit, Outing, Transphobia, Sexism, Misogyny, and Cancer

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, Outing, Sexual content, Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Car accident and Pregnancy

khourianya's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I hate that this one has caused so much controversy.  It is a really important resource for queer and questioning youth.  I’m glad this new generation of youth has books like this to answer and guide.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Sexual content, and Outing

Moderate: Blood and Dysphoria