Reviews - What's the T? The no-nonsense guide to all things trans and/or non-binary for teens

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What's the T? The no-nonsense guide to all things trans and/or non-binary for teens

Juno Dawson

4.29 AVERAGE

hobbithopeful's review

4.5

funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Highly informative and funny, What's the T? excels at delivering information in a easy to consume way, the illustrations alongside were so helpful and cracked me up. I read This Book is Gay, and absolutely adored that and knew I had to read this one as well. This primarily follows Trans and Non-Binary experiences. I will say I do feel like this book was majorly focused on all things related to being Trans, and while it had a ton of great information, stories, and resources, it felt like it fell a bit short regarding the Non-Binary experience. Though I do feel like it is difficult to fully cover any subject or topic where everyone has such a deeply personal and different experience regarding their gender identity. My favorite parts of the book included snippets of other people's experiences, and what they have gone through. I also really like how Dawson addressed some of the issues around This Book is Gay, primarily related to race and such.
I recommend this book for anyone who is curious, questioning, or just wanting to educate themselves a bit more.

caught_between_pages's review

4.75

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

bvw_26's review against another edition

3.0

Definitely a concise, engaging and accessible guide to "all things trans", but it's not perfect. Naturally, all trans people have different experiences and will also have different language preferences, so some of the language I found bothering in this book would be perfect for others and the other way around (apart from the actual Wrong bits that is, like some specific wordings especially around non-binary identities, or the incorrect definition of aromanticism and asexuality that was given in the book :/ it's really not that hard to do a good Google, Juno).

Also, for a book that claims to be a "guide to all things trans and/or non-binary" it really didn't discuss non-binary identities well enough. The mentioning of nonbinary-ness felt almost like an afterthought, and was never really a focus (or at least not for long). So, if you're looking for a book about binary transness then this book is great! However, if you're looking to be educated above the very minimum base level about non-binary identities, I'd suggest you read a different book.