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Gender Queer: Een Memoir by Maia Kobabe

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arlangrey17's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely beautiful. I resonated with eir story so much. I can't wait to read this again.

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5.0

Still reeling from emotions. If I have the time, I'll come back to this later; in the time that I have, let me put this in the hands of every kid learning to question themselves.

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4.5

This was a beautiful exploration of gender and sexuality, especially how difficult it is to ever make sense of either and the close relationship they have to each other. I deeply felt the struggle that Kobabe had, trying to make sense of why assigned gender roles felt uncomfortable. What I really appreciated about this memoir was how honest Kobabe was about eir confusion throughout. I think a lot of times, people don’t realize that you don’t always reach the end of the gender/sexuality journey. Sometimes you slip between the cracks; sometimes you wander off the path; and sometimes you’re at a standstill, not knowing what to do next. I thought Kobabe depicted this really well.

Another thing worth highlighting about this memoir is its accessibility to people who may not be as in-the-loop with gender, pronouns, and everything in-between. There’s a particular vulnerability discussing this the way Kobabe did, which is through eir interpersonal relationships and the difficulties that come with the conversations that inevitably come up about gender.

I think what really made this memoir work was that it was a graphic novel. The illustrations were beautiful, highlighting so much of the love, color, and brightness that exists in Kobabe’s life. It wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows, though, and I appreciated the moments when the artwork also took a serious turn at certain points (I specifically think of the scenes with the gynecologist).

All-in-all, this was such a thoughtful and beautiful read. I’m so glad that there are more books out there for trans and nonbinary people to pick up and see a little more of themselves.

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5.0

I do think this is an important book to be read by anyone looking to expand their knowledge of gender identities and sexual orientation. Those two ideas can go hand and hand but are not mutually inclusive every time. I really enjoyed reading this from Maia. I usually hate rating memoirs but I feel that this had a lot of information that would be very helpful to a lot of people.

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