Gender Queer: A Memoir Paperback – May 28, 2019

I love this book as a cisgendered straight man. I hope it is helpful to a lot of people in increasing their understanding of themselves and empathy to others.

Maia Kobabe's "Gender Queer: A Memoir" is like sitting down with a close friend and hearing eir deepest thoughts on gender identity. It's real, it's raw, and it's incredibly relatable.This graphic novel is all about Kobabe's personal journey. Ey don't hold back, sharing the highs and lows of figuring out eir gender identity. It's refreshing to read something so honest and down-to-earth.But it's not just about Kobabe. Through eir story, you get a crash course in gender diversity. Ey break down stereotypes and show that gender isn't just black and white – it's a whole rainbow.What really shines through is Kobabe's courage. Despite the struggles and doubts, ey embrace who ey are with unapologetic confidence. It's inspiring stuff that'll make you want to live your truth too.The artwork is stunning too. Kobabe's illustrations capture the emotions perfectly, pulling you into eir world with every page turn.In short, "Gender Queer" is a must-read for anyone curious about gender identity. It's like a warm hug and a wake-up call all rolled into one. So grab a copy, settle in, and get ready to see the world in a whole new light.

As an elderly heterosexual male, I found Gender Queer to be a worthwhile exploration of the author's development and struggle with their own identity and sexuality. It has very little to do with me, except for the generalized fact that we all question our nature and place in the world, in one way or another, during adolescence.Even so, I am reminded of the quotation from Terence, "I am human, and I consider nothing human to be alien to me."The book does not come to any profound conclusions, but is a reminder that there are many ways of being human, and that we should be kind to one another.The idea that there is anything pornographic about this book is baffling and risible.

I saw a comic today about banned books, Gender Queer was one of them discussed. Clearly the people against it (and other banned books) had not actually read them.I did not want to be like them, so I looked for this on Amazon and found it free to read with my Unlimited subscription.I am very glad to have read it and highly recommend it. I shows a perspective of life that many are unfamiliar with. We need to be open to other ways of looking at life. Accepting.Maia was fun and reminded me of many of my students when I taught 8th grade. I always tried to respect them and expected them to respect each other and themselves.Back to the banning issue.I can see how many young people NEED to read this book. They have questions, issues, feelings that need to be addressed. They need to know that they are not alone and that there is hope for a happy life.Adults need to read this and remember how it was when we were their age. And how we must be prepared to protect the you g as they mature and not damage them.This book is not pornography. It deals with adult issues in a matter of fact way which makes some people uncomfortable. Perhaps they need to be aware that THEY make people uncomfortable as well.PS - If someone asks that they be addressed in a certain way be respectful and honor their wishes.Read everyday and read for fun!

Porn? No. This book does indeed contain some sexual content for which elementary and middle school kids will not yet have context. However, high schoolers and up will not have any special puerile interest in it. They will already have giggled over much more explicit material on the internet, although that will have been ugly and devoid of meaning. Instead, this sensitive and well-rendered memoir inspires compassion and empathy with its depiction of a compelling real-life (and ongoing) coming-of-age story.For all people, this period in life involves a changing understanding of what it means to inhabit one’s maturing body and to be one's gender, and an anxious concern with what potential sexual relationships one might (or might not) ever have with others. Self-worth seems in doubt, and there is the uncertain hope for acceptance and support from society, for true friends, and for a committed, loving partner. For a nonbinary and bisexual or asexual person, this journey is particularly fraught, although even for cisgender and heterosexual readers the memoir is surprisingly relatable.If you want or need to understand more about the very real and actually common gender and sexual identity struggles young people face, this book will be informative and helpful. For some readers it will probably be life-saving in an almost universally rejecting world; for their sakes I applaud Kobabe’s personal bravery in producing and sharing it. A graphic novel is the right medium for this, and e does a high-quality and effective job covering the ground. Buy it, read it, speak well of it, and become a better person for understanding those different from you; or perhaps for understanding that there is so much the same between you and them, private thoughts about sex and all.