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A review by lokes
None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary by Travis Alabanza
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0
„I try not to romanticize catastrophe.“
An that is exactly what Travis is writing about - a catastrophic rise of anti-lgbtqia+ legislation and the mindset of hating those who are „other“.
In their book, they talk about everything which makes them „them“, from race, upbringing, social status to sexual orientation and gender identity, and they’ve managed to get all of those loose threads to connect and work out a book that is everything but hopeless.
They took seven quotes of thing said to them about being trans, some of which are affirming, some more destructive, and wrote the book in both a memorialized and intellectual/scientific way - handing the reader a lot of resources and ways to further learn about topics touched in this book.
Many parts resonate with my experience of a trans person and very thoughtfully expresses the need to think about one’s own identity.
Even though it touches on some challenging aspects of being genderqueer and black, it is a very good and easy read with a gorgeous ending - to show that there is a space in the world for all of us, if we just travel the way our heart leads us.
An that is exactly what Travis is writing about - a catastrophic rise of anti-lgbtqia+ legislation and the mindset of hating those who are „other“.
In their book, they talk about everything which makes them „them“, from race, upbringing, social status to sexual orientation and gender identity, and they’ve managed to get all of those loose threads to connect and work out a book that is everything but hopeless.
They took seven quotes of thing said to them about being trans, some of which are affirming, some more destructive, and wrote the book in both a memorialized and intellectual/scientific way - handing the reader a lot of resources and ways to further learn about topics touched in this book.
Many parts resonate with my experience of a trans person and very thoughtfully expresses the need to think about one’s own identity.
Even though it touches on some challenging aspects of being genderqueer and black, it is a very good and easy read with a gorgeous ending - to show that there is a space in the world for all of us, if we just travel the way our heart leads us.