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Gender Queer: Een Memoir by Maia Kobabe

48 reviews

clhtdr's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

5.0

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mayo_confessionary's review against another edition

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5.0

This really helped me find a space and the words to understand me better. If you want to reflect about your gender, this comic is a good friend to accompany you. 
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challenging hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

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kellybobelly96's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

This was a good book, and at the same time, one of the most challenging books I've ever read. At times, it was triggering to read and a little more relevant to my life than I had anticipated. I appreciated the perspective in the novel, especially in the graphic novel format that I'm not accustomed to. I also appreciate and respect the level of vulnerability that is required to create something like this. This book makes me wonder the ways I would've processes this at a younger age. I think it would have been good for me, but I think it'd still challenge me in the ways it's challenging me now. Would recommend to those who are open to the subject matter.
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rickireadss's review against another edition

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5.0

this is my second memoir, and i am officially convinced i need to read more!! i loved every second of this and am so happy i read this one. while i cannot connect to the feeling's maia experienced in eir adolescence and young adulthood, i found it very informative! 100% recommend this one, especially if you are nonbinary and/or asexual and want to connect to someone who struggled with eir gender identity and sexuality growing up!!

⚠️: dysphoria, medical trauma, blood, medical content, transphobia, homophobia, deadnaming, vomit, excrement, acephobia/arophobia 
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boba_nbooks's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This is such a well-written memoir. With fast pacing and beautiful illustrations, reading this was a joy and a breeze. 

I originally set out to read this to see why people are so intent on banning this book… and I can see why. It frustrates me to no end that people want to limit access to things they don’t understand. And I think if they could read this book with empathy, they could come to see why it’s so important for LGBTQ youth to have access to stories like Maia’s. 
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4.5

As a transgender reader, I loved this book. If I had read this in middle school or high school, I would have understood myself a lot better. I’m sad that this book has risen the ranks of banned books to become THE most banned book in America. I hope this book gets into the hands of the people who need it somehow. 
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cattheteawitchfairy's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

A funny and beautifully illustrated comic exploring gender.

Really made me reflect on my own relationship with queerness. 

Would recommend.
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emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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author2223's review against another edition

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5.0

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