A review by bumblero
He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters by Schuyler Bailar

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Kind of a mix between a memoir and a book about advocating for and having conversations about trans rights because of how the author includes his own stories into the book. I thought it was interesting to learn from a trans man’s perspective because I haven’t read a lot of books like that although it was a bit limited sometimes because it was so much from his perspective that the parts about transition and what transitional care is available, I felt were not from a broader, transgender healthcare perspective. Definitely some good points about approaching conversations about bias and racism and transphobia and bigotry that I think could be applied to other identities, and I think are useful in many settings from the workplace to the classroom to even conversations with relatives. It was really useful for me to study on how to carry these conversations in a compassionate way, while also holding space for my own needs.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Transphobia