Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

111 reviews

traa's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Death, Death of parent, Cursing, Outing, Drug use, and Racism

Minor: Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Police brutality

cactuspunk's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

 This book was a great dive into both George M. Johnson's life itself and the wider communities that live through similar stories. It simultaneously had beautiful, joyful moments and embarrassing, sad, and sometimes borderline horrific scenes. All together it painted an incredible depiction of the highs and lows Johnson faced in his life. The only problem the memoir suffered from was inconsistency. With the constant jumping from time period to time period, the book as whole felt less like a complete whole and more like individual stories compiled together almost haphazardly 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual assault

Minor: Transphobia and Outing

amberlfaris's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Transphobia, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Drug abuse

amazelan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

j'ai pas vraiment apprécié l'écriture et la façon dont les chapitres étaient organisés, avec une morale à chaque fois alors que tout le chapitre en était déjà une et que ça faisait du coup répétition.
mais ça c'est que la forme, parce que le fond est vraiment bien, il est important. on a besoin d'autobiographies de personnes LGBT+, de personnes LGBT+ racisé.es, on a besoin d'entendre les histoires des personnes qui nous ont précédées.
et je pense -j'espère- que c'est un de ses livres qui aidera les + jeunes d'entre nous à se sentir vu.es et moins seul.es.
il est rempli d'emotions, mais surtout d'espoir, et l'espoir est si important dans la communauté LGBT+.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Bullying, Sexual assault, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Cancer, and Medical content

Minor: Police brutality, Murder, and Slavery

immovabletype's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Blood, Bullying, Death, Violence, Cancer, Cursing, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Deadnaming, Outing, Racial slurs, and Transphobia

Minor: Alcohol

bookwyrmsam's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

This is the type of book I don't feel I can rate, but I do believe it was an important read. I appreciated hearing George M. Johnson's story and I can see why this would connect for so many young readers (Which makes it even more disheartening that it has so consistently been banned and challenged in schools and libraries).  Please do check trigger warnings before reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Drug abuse

astralfeline's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual content, Transphobia, Grief, Bullying, Death, Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

kirstenf's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexual content, Racism, and Homophobia

Moderate: Transphobia, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Gun violence, Cancer, Outing, Grief, and Police brutality

Minor: Hate crime, Cultural appropriation, Deadnaming, and Incest

booksandharps's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Deadnaming and Transphobia

thebabybookworm's review against another edition

emotional informative sad fast-paced

5.0

This was an incredible memoir. It was raw and vulnerable, bold and informative. This is a good book for everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Classism, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Racism, Death, Bullying, Sexual content, Incest, Toxic relationship, Rape, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Hate crime, and Emotional abuse