i saw this on a banned books shelf at the library. i felt it was very tame and absolutely necessary for people to have access to

I really enjoyed the art style of this one. It was simple and concise even though the content was deep, emotional, and sometimes difficult to read. I applaud the author for writing about eir experiences of being nonbinary in a forced binary world. It couldn't have been easy to relive some of these things while writing and drawing them. 
I really appreciated the look into an experience much different from my own to see how much nonbinary people have to go through and try to see my own misgivings and ways I could try to help make things easier.
The main criticism I have is that this jumped around quite a bit and some of the things I didn't think were entirely necessary. I know memoirs are difficult and sometimes don't work chronologically but I do prefer them to be as chronological as possible and I think this one was better than some others I've read but it still felt a little choppy to me and unorganized. I also felt like some things were brought up but didn't really have anything to do with the overall story. Like the snakes thing was brought up but then never mentioned again. I don't know if it was included just to give personality and show how "tomboy"-ish the author was or what. If that was the case, I feel like it could have been incorporated a little bit better rather than just randomly inserting it in the beginning with no connection to anything else.
Besides that, this was a really good graphic novel and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to be a better ally to the trans and nonbinary community. 

A beautiful and inspiring Memior !! I definitely think people should read this if they are experiencing and question about their own gender  and/or queer identity :) A must read !!

I was blown away by how beautiful and heartfelt this memoir is. Unfortunately, it has become a cultural flashpoint in the current conservative book-banning backlash. I didn't go into this with any expectation of disapproval, but I was curious to understand the controversy. All that was washed away in the joy of Kobabe's beautiful drawings and deep honesty. Eir gradual journey to understanding eir needs and wants coupled with advocating for and explaining emself amongst family and community was beautifully rendered in thoughtful, at times quite conceptual art. This is one of the frankest explorations of the experience of being assigned female at birth I've ever seen in writing and illustration. Even though this is just one nonbinary person's account, I learned a lot and I hope more stories like this get published going forward, and I'm committed to continue seeking out the ones that already exist. It's sad that such an empathetic and hopeful story spurred such reactionary suppression. It's the kind of story I hope anyone ignorant to gender identity discussions could read and then get, and thus empathize with someone whose life they don't understand. But to do that, one has to be willing to actually read the text and open themselves to other perspectives. Finally reading this, and seeing how many people missed the point of it, makes me a bit less hopeful right now of people's willingness to be open like that. 

i especially picked out this read because i saw a of the most-banned books in the us. 

and the only „disturbing“ (quote from sources across the internet that explained why they banned this book) thing about this graphic novel are the horrible reviews by the TERs, transphobes or ignorant people on here. 

this graphic novel depicts the process of gender-identity finding in a beautiful and relatable way that gives cis-gender people an opportunity to comprehend the struggles of trans* people in general and the author and eir journey more.

additionally, this book is very educational and e.g. explains the biological factors that determine whether someone is trans* in a way that is very easy to read. 

i understand that this is for a bit of an older audience since it does have a few content warnings but these should just be pointed out, instead of banning the whole book. 

4.5 ⭐️ 

Reading banned books likes its my mission on earth