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ramreadsagain's review against another edition
I also appreciate how diverse this collection is, featuring drag queens, trans women, Black gays and lesbians, all able to tell their stories.
A slight warning, some of the interviews are very much of their time (eg. you'll need to be prepared to see words used that today are considered incredibly offensive) and some people fell into the trap of bringing others down in their efforts to rise (eg. franklin kameny claiming that gay people had it worse than Black people).
Graphic: Hate crime, Violence, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Sexual content, and Police brutality
Minor: Racial slurs, Misogyny, Suicide, and Outing
retrogirl20's review
5.0
The content warnings I included are due to the nature of history and its harsh realities. As this book is about the hardships that the LGTBQIA+ community has gone through, it covers the hard topics as well as use language that we no longer use, but as these are direct readings of the interviews of the time it is important to read with that lens.
Moderate: Racism, Hate crime, Bullying, Outing, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Rape, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Biphobia, Incest, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, and Sexism
mobygrapes's review
5.0
Moderate: Drug use, Alcoholism, Classism, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Hate crime, Biphobia, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Addiction, Homophobia, Sexism, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Rape, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
aklovekorn's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Hate crime, Transphobia, and Police brutality
Moderate: Racism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Classism, Drug use, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Outing, Sexual assault, Grief, Violence, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Biphobia, Racial slurs, and Sexism
cosmicsapphic's review against another edition
Graphic: Police brutality, Transphobia, Violence, Homophobia, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, and Racism
emohell's review
3.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Police brutality, and Transphobia
these are real accounts of real events, so most if not all of the content that could possibly be triggering is done for the sake of simply telling history.ainebeam's review
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Misogyny, Death, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Outing, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, and Dysphoria
arlangrey17's review
4.5
Graphic: Racism, Homophobia, Suicide, Sexism, Rape, Outing, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Deadnaming, Bullying, and Biphobia
sophiegs's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Death, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Police brutality, and Transphobia