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hazel_oat's review
1.0
tw for rape, sexual assault, child abuse, a whole host of queer-phobias, and probably more things that i can't remember!!
anyway this was horribly written -a host of typos and grammatical errors- and chock full of biphobia!
It was mostly gay people and people who say they're bisexual... pg 136
Anyway, she started to get into the sexual stuff. That didn't bother me. I thought, "She's just a teenager; she doesn't know what she's talking about." According to her, she was bisexual. pg 137
i also vaguely remember there being other awful paragraphs - one kid who apparently enjoyed giving oral at six years old and i guess no one saw anything wrong with that??? man what the actual fuck
anyway this was horribly written -a host of typos and grammatical errors- and chock full of biphobia!
It was mostly gay people and people who say they're bisexual... pg 136
Anyway, she started to get into the sexual stuff. That didn't bother me. I thought, "She's just a teenager; she doesn't know what she's talking about." According to her, she was bisexual. pg 137
i also vaguely remember there being other awful paragraphs - one kid who apparently enjoyed giving oral at six years old and i guess no one saw anything wrong with that??? man what the actual fuck
halforq's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
3.75
Not a bad book, but not for someone who already knows all of the basics. I do think this would suit someone who doesn’t know much about being trans or doesn’t know anyone trans personally, though.
radikaliseradgroda's review
3.0
Reading this book was like taking a deep breath after being under water. "It's okay," it says, "you're not alone and you never were." Not only that, but I also learned a thing or two! Required reading for us *cough* cis allies.
stevia333k's review against another edition
5.0
The audiobook didn't have like notes & apprendixes, but it did allow me to read kn less than 2 hours what had taken me 10 years before to read on paper.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia and Forced institutionalization
mesy_mark's review against another edition
reflective
2.25
The concept of this book is great but the execution was poor. Focus really on the basics of trans thing through each, hormones, and surgery, rather than how the teen lives their life while also happening to be trans. Because if you are trans wanting to read about other trans lives you're going to already know what the basics are. The audience wasn't for the community it was for those who wanted to dive into personal questions that is a doc and trans person should be having. I would have liked this book more if it was focused on the lives of trans teen rather than what are they doing to further their transition, How about getting into their bobbies and other nontransrealted and if the fact that they are trans as caused opticals bring that up rather then each story be on getting on hormones.
mmotleyu's review
4.0
This book opened my eyes to some of the issues faced by the LGBTQ+ community. These stories related by teens or young adults who have transitioned helped me to understand the multitude of issues and judgment that these individuals endure. After reading this I got to thinking about how little I really knew (even though I consider myself to be open minded and accepting), but I honestly knew very little (or hadn't really thought much about) about being transgender. As a result of reading this, I wanted to make a display to feature LGBTQ+ books but wasn't sure how to go about it without stereotyping... I reached out to our GSA and they jumped at the idea to help with the display. What they created was amazing and giving voice to this often marginalized group was so empowering. They were surprised at all of the books we did have that were written by, were about or had LGBTQ+ characters in them. The one thing that stood out to me was how the reaction of each person's family had the biggest impact on how the coming out/transition went.