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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

nialiversuch's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Suicide, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Dysphoria, and Classism

Moderate: Biphobia, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Slavery

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

chorleychalk's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

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

amyflorence's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative medium-paced

5.0

Honestly one of the best non-fiction books I've read. Informative on both the realities of trans lives today and what can and must be done to counter the pervasive transphobia of our society. I have so many words but none will do them justice. Read this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Transphobia, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Slavery

achingallover's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Outing, and Classism

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

transmonstera's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Transphobia