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Die Transgender-Frage: Ein Aufruf zu mehr Gerechtigkeit by Shon Faye

23 reviews

tuesday_evening's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Murder, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Classism

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Medical content, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Deportation

Minor: Racial slurs, Acephobia/Arophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

hannahbailey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

Difficult to rate so I won't for now (may return later). Definitely worth a read, especially for those not particularly clued up on the 'transgender issue'.

My main takeaway, which was a point repeated throughout the book, was "trans liberation cannot happen under capitalism". Each chapter, whilst focusing on different elements of trans experience in our society, drives home this point. Everything leads back to capitalism (and the patriarchy). With these structures in place, cis people will continue to view trans people as 'other', 'abnormal', 'non-conforming' etc. The first two chapters were the most enlightening for me as Faye explores the impact of legislation and education (or lack thereof) enforced by the UK government over the last 40 or so years. It's common knowledge that the progression of trans rights is slow and often sabotaged by those on the extreme right-wing, but the latter chapters of this book detailing the sabotaging from within the LGBTQ+ community was also enlightening to read.

My one issue was how long the chapters were. Each chapter could have been trimmed down without losing any meaning. It would be great to see these chapters split into mini manifestos or pocket penguins as I think this would make them more accessible to a wider range of people. The chapter on class could have benefitted from more research to back up Faye's observations too

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Transphobia

Moderate: Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Outing

wormytoby's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

5.0

I was worried that this book would only depress me, given the current prevailing attitudes to trans people, but somehow it did exactly the opposite. Quality of life for the average trans person is steadily decreasing, and this book does not sugarcoat that fact. Its argument is measured and no-nonsense. This book has helped me put to bed persistent concerns that my own transness is nothing more than naval-gazing privilege. It helped me understand why I held that belief, where it came from and why this belief is being pushed as a way to undermine trans activism. This book has not made me feel hopeful that the state of things will improve any time soon, but it has at least helped me to understand why things are the way they are. I feel more capable of living as myself without guilt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia

Minor: Sexual assault and Violence

cattheteawitchfairy's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.25

This text was incredibly informative! Despite it being dense in writing, I devoured it and found that I jelled well with the writing style.

Despite being an emotionally difficult book to read, I found it very important to educate myself with it and Shin Faye discusses being transgender within a variety of contexts. 

I would highly recommend, especially to those who would like to learn more about the issues of transgender people. The style is relatively accessible to all and Shon Faye writes in a way that educates whilst also being engaging.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Deadnaming, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Police brutality, Abortion, Lesbophobia, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Classism

christareadswhat's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Sexual harassment

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

This was a brilliant, powerful read. In a clear and concise way Faye looks at the reality of trans peoples' lives from an intersectional perspective and within the context of our capitalist society. It's very well researched and also includes case studies and interviews. She lays out her arguments for radical social changes and the importance of solidarity with all marginalised communities. I've read a fair few books on trans issues now but I think this one would be a great introduction for someone unfamiliar with the topics. It's one of the best I've read, alongside The Gender Games by Juno Dawson and Trans Like Me by CN Lester. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, and Transphobia

Moderate: Hate crime and Sexual assault

sadiedumplingreads's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye

My 2022 New Years resolution was to read more non-fiction, and this was such a strong start to the reading year.

It’s so important to read trans books my trans authors written in this current political climate. The writing was immaculate, being both accessible and far beyond surface level. The chapters were structured in a clear way, separating trans issues into different categories while also showing how they interlinked. The writing also lends itself well to being a good starting place to non-fiction, as it uses anecdotes to interweave story telling into the facts, and the chapters are almost chronological - it begins with the struggles of trans children and moves onto the struggles faced in later life.

It took such a uniquely intersectional approach to highlight that trans problems are everyone’s problems. It compared the oppression fo trans people to the oppressive of women and gay people, to help understand how homophobia, patriarchy, and transphobia go hand in hideous hand. The anti-capitalist approach was so refreshing, especially due to the liberal form that most activism takes. It brought so many new things to my attention, such as the fact that abortions do transphobic ales both act in favour of upholding the gender binary, and the struggles that trans people face in old age, which was particularly enlightening as trans issues are something typically associated with the younger generations.

The only fault I could find was in a few menial grammar and capitalisation issues, that are more the fault of the editor than the author. I will read anything Shon Faye writes in the future, as her work is so nuanced and well researched.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

pachelrooley's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

This book is important, informative, compassionate and insightful on it's topic, refusing to engage with devaluing arguments and instead clearly and methodically showing exactly how the systems in the UK today impact trans people, and points a path to how this can change in the future. Most of all though, this book is absolutely exquisitely written. I tend to have a hard time finishing non-fiction even if I find the topic interesting, but this book was so engaging, the pacing so well done, the links between topics so seamless that it was as easy to read as a book on difficult topics could ever be. I really look forward to reading more from this author! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Alcohol

balfies's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

Absolute must read. One of the best books of the year. 

Trans journalist and advocate Shon Faye cuts deeply into the issues facing the trans community - this is not an argument for recognition or acceptance, but a demand for justice, and a scathing critique of the aggressive and dangerous anti-trans politics within the UK. 

The chapter on class struggle was particularly astute. This is a vital piece of writing which verbalised and crystallised so many complex ideas into essential, clear gems.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Murder, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation