A review by reverbraven
Trans and Autistic: Stories from Life at the Intersection by Bridget Liang, Noah Adams

4.0

Even as a trans and autistic individual, I am clearly not the intended audience of this book. Still, "Trans and Autistic" represents an excellent step forward for academic research on the trans-autistic community. I expected more first-hand accounts and found a collection of ethnographic case studies on ten different folks who fall under trans and autistic umbrellas. I appreciate the breadth of the reports given on each interviewee, which further humanizes this often marginalized (and dehumanized) community. I especially enjoyed reading about the activism some of the research subjects were engaged in and hearing about how they all have come to understand both their autism and their gender, as I saw myself reflected in so many stories. There's power in seeing yourself reflected in media, and for me that feeling has been amplified by this academic recognition.