Reviews with content warning for Transphobia - There Are Trans People Here

So this is a preview of "there are trans people here", so IDK how to rate these 2 books separately, but i will say the preview is way more dysphoric than the full-length.

so this full length one where a lot of the increase in hope seems to make a lot of ideas of a t4t city as imagery. i don't think i can say outloud an encounter i had while reading one of the poems in this book, but there was a connection made that made me think i need to recontextualize some things that i thought of during my life.

so while it's beautiful in the sense of black lives matter statue art replacing colonizer statue art, i guess my mind went to: whose going to police the gender to make sure everyone is trans in a certain space? practically, it can go wrong very quickly, as the book "abolition feminism now" warns against.

anyways, the author's from chicagoland so i probably can get less alienated from the context of this imagery.

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punchofwishes's review

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adventurous challenging emotional inspiring fast-paced

4.5

Moving, vivid, gripping! Some poems weren't quite my vibe, but overall what a collection! It's bold, direct, audacious, and filled with love. A must read!

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dominic_t's review

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

5.0

This was such an amazing book! I think it's my favorite book of LGBTQIA poetry. The poetry acknowledges the ways that queerphobia and transphobia shape our lives, but the book focuses on trans joy and hope for the future. The author envisions a world where trans people are safe and supported, and they do an incredible job of communicating that vision. Their afterword was incredibly interesting. They described the texts that inspired them to write this collection. It's really, really hard for me to pick one favorite poem, but I particularly liked Trans Temple, I Don't Want a Trans President, and Ode to TERFs. I truly loved so many of the poems that it was really hard to pick which ones to highlight! This collection of poetry truly brightened my day and helps me feel a bit more optimistic about the future of the trans community.

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