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Lance
Feb 19, 2012 rated it it was ok
This book made me angry. The perspective from which it's written is very much a "white savior" / "cis savior" one, if you follow me. It's all about how the writer experienced the lives of several young trans women of color, and portrays these young women's stories with a sympathetic, but never empathetic, gaze. The book has a very "save the children" tone to it, and throughout the reading, I could practically hear the author begging me to open up my heart to these women. Paternalistic, patronizi ...more
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Akiva ꙮ
Feb 24, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: nf-trans-gnc, nf-queer-autobio, 3-fmt-nf-autobio
Too tired to comment right now.
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Jen
Jul 20, 2007 rated it liked it
Shelves: gender
Jacob Hale
Aug 12, 2007 rated it liked it
Masen
Aug 16, 2007 marked it as to-read
Isaac
Sep 20, 2007 marked it as to-read
Candice
Feb 07, 2008 marked it as to-read
Rebbecca Caya
Mar 20, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Rebbecca Caya
Mar 27, 2008 is currently reading it  ·  review of another edition
Ching-In
Jun 15, 2011 marked it as to-read
Cristopher Bautista
Aug 17, 2011 marked it as to-read
RJ
Nov 08, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: queer, trans, nonfic
Blake
Nov 27, 2011 marked it as to-read
Ezekiel
May 29, 2012 marked it as own
Shelves: nonfiction
Mary
Jun 16, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shelves: gender-reads
Amelia
Jan 20, 2014 marked it as to-read
Gabriel Avocado
Aug 29, 2014 marked it as to-read
Shelves: lgbt-gender
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