Gender Queer: A Memoir in Rolling with the lgbt

Jun 29, 2020 Eva B. rated it it was amazing

Shelves: to-buy, queer-leads, adult, best-of-the-best-of-the-best, nonfiction, banned-or-challenged-books

Easily one of the best memoirs/autobiographies I've read, I enjoyed this immensely. Maia chronicles a lot of different aspects of eir life, mainly focusing on eir feelings about eir gender, and coming out as nonbinary and asexual. I don't really know how to describe this one but it definitely hit me hard.
(Also I smiled super widely when I caught that the musical Maia's high school did was She Loves Me, I really love that musical!) ...more

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Jun 11, 2022 mary ♡ (she | they) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, graphic-novels-and-comics, lgbtqia

”Some people are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some people are happy to live in the place they were born, while others must make a journey to reach the climate in which they can grow and flourish.”

i began this comic looking for answers and i left it with even more questions to ponder. though this story is not my story, seeing maia comprehensively describe eir journey with gender is so inspiring and helps make my own identity questioning feel less lonely.

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Jan 05, 2024 Claire rated it it was amazing

As someone who struggles with gender identity I wish I would have read this sooner. I laughed and cried and remembered some of the things that have made my identity process what it is. I’m so thankful for Maia for writing this book and telling us eir story.

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Jun 21, 2023 ~ Ombrayes ~ rated it it was amazing

This book heavily described how I felt a lot of middle school and high school. Gender was so hard for me and although I'm not genderqueer, I understand where e is coming from. Thank you Maia. I wish I would've found this book sooner. ...more

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