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Thanks to @TieDyeDude for reminding me I need to read this after posting about it here! #BlameItOnLitsy
This is an amazing graphic novel that opened my eyes, which I so appreciate. It‘s one of the best things about reading…gaining new perspectives. Maia‘s book starts during eir childhood and continues through many stages, helping readers see experiences with gender along the way. Available instantly on hoopla, this was a great read!

This vulnerable, open, graphic memoir is so tender and honest. It offers a perspective to others around gender and some of the questions folks may have around this topic. This is so important to be in the world right now and I‘m honored to have read it. A quick, lunchtime read. I highly recommend! #queer #pride #lgbtqia+

A fantastic read. Maia Kobabe has written a graphic memoir regarding the journey to understand & accept eir identity. There was a lot of honesty in these pages, with great exploration of anxiety. Kobabe presents gender issues simply, yet with great emotional content. The rawness of the introspection is touching. The discussion around pronouns was incredibly well done & easily followed. This is an important, heartfelt read. Highly recommend.

My thanks to @TieDyeDude for posting about this memoir earlier this week and to my library for carrying it and displaying it atop the YA Graphic Novel section. Kobabe‘s vulnerability in sharing eir story, eir pain, eir journey will help another (young) person/many (young) people understand that they are not alone; they deserve to live their life as who they are. #representationmatters
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If you haven't read what has become one of the most challenged books of all time, make sure to seek it out this Pride Month. It is available on hoopla if you can't find it at your local bookstore or library. Absolutely essential reading.

5/5⭐ Kobabe is so good at expressing emself and eir complex inner workings. I hope as many people experiencing similar thoughts as possible read this book to help them articulate their identities and feel seen. #bookspinbingo

In honor of #gaymay @xicanti this is my updated #lgbtqbookbingo @Kenyazero

This book was very eye opening about gender identity issues, which is something I don't have much experience with. I was taken aback by this panel, since it's an anxiety dream I have often too. I didn't realize it might be a common nightmare.

#booked2022 #acomingoutstory This was an informative, touching graphic memoir about Maia‘s discovery of em gender identity. I had not heard of Spivak pronouns prior to this. There‘s a lot here that I didn‘t know. I appreciate having this memoir for an experience very different from my own and so glad that e felt secure enough to write this. My only quibble is that the art style is not to my liking, but it‘s the story that is really important.

I've read All Boys Aren't Blue and The Hate U Give, and they're two of my favourites of recent years. Now excuse me while I make sure the others are on my TBR!

Absolutely no reason why this book shouldn‘t be available in a high school library.

My March #bookspinbingo. I ended up reading off-list so I I just added them to the free spaces. Still not quite one bingo. 🤔 oh well. Next month, right? @TheAromaofBooks

#reviewcatchup

Gender Queer is one of the most banned books in the US. Below is a quote from the author I found in an news article linked in comments.
“There are a lot of people who are questioning their gender, questioning their sexuality and having a real hard time finding honest accounts of somebody else on the same journey. There are people for whom this is vital and for whom this could maybe even be lifesaving.”
I absolutely agree with ⬇️

Wow what a powerful graphic novel, that I related to! It was such a beautiful story to hear about Maia Kobabe's life and eir journey towards Non Binary identity. Beautiful, magnificent delightful.

Finished Maia Kobabe's memoir and I'm grateful for eir willingness and vulnerability in sharing so many aspects of eir life and eir gender journey. A deeply personal account with many questions and reflections on identity and sexuality.

A little late in the day with my #bookreport, but I wanted to squeeze in a bit more reading in a day filled with house chores and a fair amount of TV viewing.

@Cinfhen

I'm trying to find my way back to reading. To being excited about and completely absorbed by a book, but so much continues to happen in the world and it seems to be all consuming... emotionally draining. I'm trying to still be a part of the world, but it hurts. I'm trying to find comfort and solace in books... maybe even a little distraction from the atrocities and the doom scrolling while still being aware. I'm trying to find a balance.

Curious about all the book challenges, I thought I‘d check this book out myself. I could guess at the reason for the challenge, which is ridiculous. What I found was an emotional, raw, and brutally honest memoir by the author telling eir path to understanding queerness, the pronouns and identity that fit best (e/em/eir) and also being asexual. This could really be a comfort and help young people who are questioning or need to feel seen.

Just like the author, I identify as genderqueer & yet, there‘s very little in this book I directly related to (except a love of 1D & fanfic!)— and that‘s exactly why I adored it. The range of queer & trans experience is so rad. It wasn‘t my experience but it was a gorgeous one. All of us have carried weight. Of confusion & play & euphoria & pain. The way that manifests looks vastly different for all of us, but we still understand one another

#AestheticallyMatched @Clwojick

#Pantone2022 #SpunSugar @Clwojick

I loved this memoir! It really spoke to me. It has one more #LMPBC reader left in Group P, so I won‘t say too much about it. But I‘m really glad we read this one! #LGBTQBookBingo #GenderQueerMainCharacter #Nonfiction2022 #ImARuleBreaker #PopSugar2022 #ReflectedImageOnCover @Kenyazero @suvata @WanderingBookaneer @bibliobard @phantomx @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

My January #LMPBC package arrived today as predicted! (Or possibly January and February for Group A as there are 2 MG books). Definitely excited to start on this lot! Thank you for the awesome tote bag @phantomx !

What a beautiful memoir about growing up non-binary. I really hope e comes out to the students e teaches comic writing to next time.

Finally borrowed this graphic novel after having it on my radar for quite some time. Maia does a wonderful job of sharing eir lived experience of what gender and sexuality mean to em, and how that has become clearer over time. I found it really impactful to read Maia‘s story, and there is no doubt e is a talented artist as well.

Last night I finished up Ida B. the Queen (for #SheSaid) and Word Watching. I also read Gender Queer and Fortunately, the Milk. I liked Gender Queer and learned a lot from it but ended up really concerned about Kobabe over the gynecologist visits. The art is lovely. Fortunately, the Milk was delightful, while Word Watching was interesting but not my favorite word book. Ida B. the Queen was informative but not well organized.

Fantastic graphic novel memoir about gender identity. I learned some new to me things and feel it‘s an important read to understand differences and to understand our LGBTQIA+ community of friends.

Book 71/150.

Thanks for the tag, @Ast_Arslan Hmm, this is a tough one... It was a close call between 3 excellent titles, but I finally picked Gender Queer because it's such a well done graphic memoir (e has such good bookshelf drawings too! 😍). #ComicComfort
@crimson613 @ShyBookOwl @LokiDokey @maich @emtobiasz @Tracyantoon @Bookzombie @LibrarianRyan @kwmg40 I KNOW I'm missing some lovely littens, so please share if not tagged too!

Great book club recommendation - memoir in comic form. Accessible telling of the experience of growing up with an internal gender identity that is neither male nor female as those identities are traditionally perceived.

Many of the author‘s experiences were akin to my trans experience in the ‘90s though not exactly the same. I learned a lot reading this. #maiakobabe #genderqueer #asexual #doublespin

Starting this tonight. Should be quite a departure from Walter Benjamin.

Fantastic graphic memoir published by Simon & Shuster. #SupportSS

Brave & beautiful book! I think graphic memoir was the perfect way to depict Maia‘s gender & sexuality journey & bring it to visual life. I‘m cis but a lot here was familiar regarding my path thru various sexuality IDs to finally knowing myself as gay & ace. I hope this book helps ppl to discover their truths, & others to understand them better. Some triggering images, wish there‘d been content notes, use caution if needed. 4/5 ⭐️ #NewYearWhoDis

As I pondered a pronoun change, I began to think of gender less as a scale&more as a landscape. Some ppl are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some ppl are happy to live in the place they were born, while others must make a journey to reach the climate in which they can flourish&grow. B/t the ocean&the mountains is a wild forest. That is where I want to make my home

[I‘m cis but this struck me as a beautiful way to put it!]

My personal fave from my local Pride parade in 2018: Asexuals: We just don‘t give a fuck! 🤣🖤🤍💜 I immediately found a shirt online with IDGAF with the Ace Pride colors.

I too remember experiencing such queer joy about the gay penguins 🐧💜🐧

Gonna kick off my 2021 reading with the first of my three #NewYearWhoDis books! Figured this would be a good first book of the year—it‘s short, it‘s queer, and it was one of @Emilymdxn ‘s faves of last year. Thanks again for organizing this @monalyisha 😊🗓📚 #NowReading

Such an awesome match up, @monalyisha !!! @Emilymdxn has a fantastic list of favorites here—a few I‘ve read and loved, and a bunch that were on my list already! Definitely gonna read the tagged book, and will have to figure out which few others I want to go for. Yay books and book lovers!!! #NewYearWhoDis

A vibrant, funny, tender and intimate graphic autobiography that explores the author's relationship with the process of eir understanding of eir sexual and gender identity. HOWEVER, this has been marketed as a sort of "how-to-guide" to being trans or genderfluid, and it is NOT that. This is one experience, and shouldn't be read as a masterclass for anything else. But it is a wonderful guide to understanding Maia's experience ✨

This memoir would be a great read for anyone who doesn‘t understand gender dysphoria or what it means to be non-binary and asexual. Maia‘s memoir is brutally honest even about taboos, and also goes into preferred pronouns in a thoughtful way. Definitely recommend!

The books e included on this bookshelf!!! I love so many of them! 💗💗💗

There are so many things that I loved about this book--Maia's exploration of eir gender and sexuality, eir bravery in telling eir story, eir relationships with eir friends--but the part I loved the most was eir love of reading & books! It made me so happy to see books that I also love represented! I think Maia & I would be awesome reading buddies! 💗💗💗

E has opened up about such a difficult journey to unknot gender and sexuality. It is so heartening to hear the story another person that has had a less straightforward relationship with sexuality. Highly recommend!

#bookspinbingo #graphicnovel @TheAromaofBooks

This graphic memoir follows Kobabe on eir exploration of gender & recounts eir confusion about increasingly gendered expectations in childhood. As e gets older there is an increasing focus on body dysmorphia, particularly body horror related to menstruation & gynecological exams. The memoir comes to an open ending, as Kobabe has realized eir nonbinary identity, but is still struggling with being open about it. Full review: https://wp.me/p2P6GA-5gh

This book was amazing! It‘s a graphic novel and that was refreshing because it‘s a format I don‘t read a lot.
It‘s a memoir chronicling a person‘s journey to realizing e is nonbinary and asexual.
I connected with this book more than I was expecting. ❤️🤓📚

Loved this graphic memoir about Maia Kobabe‘s experience exploring gender identity beyond the binary. Particularly enjoyed the evolving relationship with eir parents as e figured out how e identified. Warning: lots of graphic body dysmorphia in this one, if that is a trigger for you.

I'm creating graphic book reviews about books by LGBTQ+ authors or books with LGBTQ+ characters. I went ahead and started with one of my favorites. Since I can't stack pictures on Litsy, I'm only sharing the first of five pages. You can see the rest on my Instagram popcultureliterary. #lgbtq #infographic #bookgraphic #bookreview

I love, Love, LOVED this graphic memoir. Even if I hadn‘t found so much of it personally relatable I would have loved this. Maia writes with such candor and grace, and I loved the art. I‘m thankful that e shared eir journey in this book and I think my only critique is I wanted more. 🙂

I read this on hoopla for #LitsyATXReadersSociety June book club theme of LGBTQIAP books - but I I will definitely be purchasing for my collection. 💜

Probably the most perfect graphic novel I‘ve ever read? I didn‘t want to let it end. Beautifully drawn and an incredible story. I was surprised by how much this rang true with me as a cisgender queer woman, I felt I had so much in common with Maia and my journey and eirs chimed together so well. I see myself rereading this a lot. Recommend SO much particularly to anyone wanting to give some money to trans writers in the wake of JK-gate.

“The clearest metaphor I had for my own gender identity...was the image of a scale. A huge weight had been placed on one side, without my permission. I was constantly trying to weigh down the other side. But the end goal wasn‘t masculinity—the goal was balance.” This is the most seen I‘ve ever felt. Holy shmolies. That‘s EXACTLY what my gender identity feels like.