Great book!
Great book!
In celebration of the #TransRightsReadathon, I'm highlighting openly trans and nonbinary authors this week. Sarah McBride is a prominent trans rights activist, and her memoir hilights the trans rights movement and her own experiences with gender.
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Tomorrow Will Be Different #LGBTQ+
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Listened to Sarah McBride‘s story all week. I had put this on my tbr a long time ago because I want to continue being educated about transgender issues. I think the first part dealing with her transition is very useful to parents/transgender children (and me as a therapist). The middle part about the loss of her husband was so sad. Of course, I had research her on wiki & found out she‘s now the 1st openly transgender state senator in the US. 👇
A wonderful personal memoir that reflects the need for national protections for the transgender community. This would be a useful Trans 101 for folks that are not as familiar with the daily reality faced by trans people. Sarah is an accomplished, passionate, compassionate woman and has a gift for explaining public policy through the lens of personal experience.
Did a little 3 for 2 sale shopping on Audible!
Since the cat has taken possession of the couch (and God forbid any humans deign to displace her 🐱😬), I‘m relegated to the chair. Good thing she‘s cute. 🙄
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Read in a comfy chair
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I am so glad that our #SheSaid group read this one so I could take my time with it and discuss it with others. I love books that let me see into someone else‘s life. Readers learn a lot about Sarah McBride‘s life, especially her family relationships and her work for trans rights. (I‘m not sure if you can spoil a nonfiction book so I‘m being a bit vague). It‘s also a good book if you‘re interested in how politics and social justice efforts work.
This book was excellent and taught me a lot about the discrimination that trans people face. Sarah McBride has had a lot of support in her life, but she points out that she‘s been lucky — many trans people don‘t get the kind of support she‘s received. This book is a personal story, but she also writes about politics as well and it‘s not at all boring. #SheSaid
Discussion Time #SheSaid!
This book went by way too fast, and there was a lot packed into what is still a young life, I hope we‘ll see much more from her going forward.
This book is wonderful. And the library ate my original copy so I listened to the second half as an #audiobook and I don't know which was better because they are both amazing. Sarah McBride is amazing.
#SheSaid with @Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Final discussion tomorrow. Until then 🤐.
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Memoirs can be such a mixed bag sometimes, and especially written by one so young, but Sarah McBride lived such a full life already. This is her story of coming out and transitioning, but it‘s so much more than that, and in many ways that fades into the background as she tackles the very universal human issues of being accepted by family, legislative battles to be treated fairly, finding love, and experiencing painful loss.
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This memoir has all the feels. Once you finish, you‘ll have plenty of talking points for your next discussion on trans equality and human rights. But mostly you‘ll appreciate McBride for all her advocacy work, even amidst plenty of personal drama and challenge. She‘s an inspiration!
Full review http://www.TheBibliophage.com #thebibliophage2021 #shesaid #nonfiction2021 #byatransauthor
After a slight delay…. #SheSaid Discussion time!
Quite an intense few chapters here….a legislative battle, a cancer diagnosis, and a transition surgery, plus meeting the family! A lot to take in, in just 3 chapters. How is everyone doing with this one this week?
#SheSaid discussion time!
It was very hard putting this one down in the middle of a heated debate for rights and the fight to get a bill passed…. I can see why a few of you have gone on ahead and finished it up already. If you‘ve finished, that‘s fine…same if you‘re still reading along with the schedule…either way how‘s it going? Feeling inspired?
I had to finish this one ahead of schedule because I couldn't quit reading Sarah's story. She is impressive and the things she has experienced in her short life are more than many people deal with in a lifetime. She's brave and inspiring, and I'm so glad I read this. #SheSaid @Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Tomorrow Will be Different is the June #SheSaid book. Thank you @Riveted_Reader_Melissa for putting this on my radar! I finished ahead of schedule because I need to return it. Before reading, I had only heard the name Sarah McBride, but now I know her story—she‘s definitely going to need to write another memoir!
#SheSaid discussion time!
What a difference from our last read, from quick snapshots of a person‘s life/generation to a deeply personal story.
I‘m really liking the causal tone in this one so far. How is everyone else doing?
#SheSaid Just a reminder of what‘s coming up in the future months, so go ahead and put in your library (or interlibrary) loans!
Just a reminder that June‘s read for #SheSaid will be Tomorrow Will Be Different. If you‘d like to join us, just let me know below and I‘ll add you to the group‘s tag. Otherwise, put in your library holds /interlibrary loans if you haven‘t already.
Well #SheSaid, we have a clear choice for June! And in plenty of time for you to put in any library holds! 🤞. Below I started recommendations to fill out the rest of 2021...
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An absolutely critical read. I think it hits even harder now than it did when it was first published in 2018. Heartbreaking, honest, and above all...full of hope. I am truly in awe of now Senator McBride.
Do yourself a favor and get this one on audiobook if you can.
I really really loved this book. It took me a little while to get into it- memoir style books aren't really my thing right now, and I was just skeptical in general. But WOW, Sarah is an amazing woman and I was just captivated by her story. It wasn't just that she has perseverance, but rather there is just no other option other than moving forward for her, that is truly amazing.
A great read for anyone looking for books on trans equality! It's not Pride Month, but do we really have to wait for that one month to pay attention to their fight? ⠀
Check out Sarah McBride's memoir. There's a lot of good stuff. She does an amazing job of including probable outcomes within her story and making sure the reader gets a full picture of trans issues while also telling a very personal and nuanced story. She's really quite impressive.⠀
Rating a memoir feels odd, like you‘re saying “this is how many stars I give your life.” So you have to separate the “life” from other stuff. McBride has had quite a journey so far & for the most part writes powerfully about her experience as a trans woman fighting for equality. But it was heavier on the personal stuff than I expected, got a bit repetitive, & stayed fairly 101. Think it just needed a stronger editing hand. Still recommend! 3/5 ⭐️
Transgender ppl shouldn‘t be treated w/dignity b/c of how some of us look;we should be treated w/dignity b/c we are human beings. The trans community is as diverse as any community. Some...conform to traditional expressions of gender, while others transgress those boundaries in various ways, just like cisgender ppl. If our pursuit of equality is built on the ability of some of us to blend in, then we will leave many of the most marginalized behind
Major eyeroll at “Foreword by Joe Biden” but otherwise I‘m glad to finally be picking this one up. (Yes, I‘m a Democrat, but I‘m a far left progressive who wants the old white dudes to just step the fuck aside for once in their lives, especially when they get all grumpypants anytime anyone challenges them about anything. Sorry, rant over. Time to read!) #nowreading
I tend to keep or collect impactful books so my shelves are filled with books of significant meaning. However, as I head out this morning the tagged is going in a LFL. The memoir of this young, thoughtful, intelligent, ambitious transgender woman and the people in her life is inspiring. I hope someone else will pick it out, read it, and be forevermore a bit more compassionate. ...And vote.
Sarah McBride is more than a trans woman; she is extraordinary. Tomorrow Will Be Better is a memoir about her life and the obstacles she has encountered and overcome. From the personal to the political, she writes with honesty, dignity, and kindness. I read the entire book through happy, sad, and hopeful tears.
https://onthebl.org/2019/06/15/tomorrow-will-be-better/
"There are few things more dangerous to a transgender woman than the risk of a straight man not totally comfortable in his sexuality or masculinity realizing he is attracted to her.”
Vulnerability breeds empathy, Empathy fosters support, Support leads to action.
Provide positivity , reinforce hope. That‘s powerful.
“‘And if Jesus can love the leper, then I can vote for this bill.‘ A faulty comparison to be sure, but, given the circumstances, I‘d most definitely take it.” 😂
Starting this one on audio for our local queer book club later this month. I‘ve gotta say again, I‘ve been incredibly impressed with Scribd: so many popular, well-known, timely titles, both fiction and non-fiction, are immediately available as audio and/or ebook, with others only a week‘s hold out. My most-used media subscription, hands down.
Plane reading last night, about a third through. Her story is through a political lens. It is interesting to read about the internal struggle someone has, when they have had privilege protect them from so much. Not a judgment, it is hard enough for someone to deal with our society as a trans person; it is interesting to read about, without the context of the struggle related to other intersectionalities or the ability to change circumstances.
Saturday, I attended the first annual meeting of our local trans support org. Sunday, trans folks learned that they are being specifically targeted by our government. In this program is the MTN budget. Let‘s blow the “Monthly Giving” income out of the water. $5 a month will literally save lives. https://donorbox.org/thrive
A journey from self- loathing to self- acceptance to fear about being a trans, nothing stopped Sarah from her goal, becoming an intern in the white house.
Coming out as gay was difficult, being surrounded with supportive loving acceptance, not just tolerance made it positive for everyone.
Amazing Everyone should read this.
Highly recommended
The forward by Joe Biden is absolutely wonderful, and on point.
Full review goodreads.com/overtheedge
I ugly-cried through most of this book. I can‘t begin to imagine the courage it has taken to lay her life bare before the nation, and to lose her husband in the midst of it. Sarah McBride is an amazing woman doing amazing work.
A friend recommended this, so I picked it up at the library. So far, it's very interesting and making points I never thought of....Joe Biden wrote the forward!
Currently listening to.
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Library haul! Two ILLs, two holds, and an impulse pick.
Sarah McBride is coming to speak in my town next week, so I had to read her memoir before then! I couldn‘t put this book down. She is a fierce and eloquent advocate for trans rights and equality. I laughed, I cried (with joy, with grief, with anger), and I am so grateful to have read this book. So very highly recommended.
Fantastic book about Sarah‘s experience as a transgender woman.
Surprise book mail today. This looks really good!
Please, read this book. The world would be a kinder place if everyone read this. She is so talented at earning empathy, without ever once asking for pity.
This memior by Sarah McBride, the first trans person to speak at a political convention when she spoke in 2016, is a great and positive story about "love, loss, and the fight for trans equality." Sarah does a good job of balancing her story with the broader work for trans equality. Sarah has been through and accomplished so much for someone only 27 years old. Her strength in the face of great loss and oppression is an inspiration.