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Die Transgender-Frage: Ein Aufruf zu mehr Gerechtigkeit by Shon Faye
12 reviews
tangleroot_eli's review against another edition
Graphic: Deadnaming, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Racism, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Murder, and Classism
punky__pie's review against another edition
5.0
If you have ever wanted to understand the challenges trans and non-binary folks in the UK face, this book is a fantastic read. Faye covers everything from class issues to medical discrimination and provides a lengthy bibliography at the end of the book, allowing the reader to verify claims. I don't think I can explain how amazing this book is.
Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Ableism, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Outing, and Classism
Minor: Violence and Abortion
Unsurprisingly this book covers transphobia in great detail. Regardless of your position in society, if you are trans, you will likely find references to transphobia you've faced in your life in this book. BUT you can certainly skip sensitive chapters and still understand the book.ramreadsagain's review against another edition
4.5
" It is therefore regrettable that some feminists happily align themselves with Conservative politicians, who have repeatedly supported austerity policies that disproportionately harm working-class and disabled women, all because trans women fall outside of their personal definition of womanhood, and that this is the hill on which they have chosen to die. "
This is a book that I will definitely keep coming back to as a source of knowledge, hope, and references for further reading. It expertly covers important aspects of the trans experience, from childhood and medical barriers, to sex work, classism, and solidarity (and lack thereof).
The final two chapters in particular are incredibly well-writen and if you don't want to tackle the entire book I'd at least suggest you read those two. They are an excellent takedown on transphobia within the LGBT+ community and within feminism (namely, why TERFs are dragging all women down), proving again and again that no socialist movement can gain traction by leaving trans people behind.
My only main criticism of the book is due to a slight miss-selling of the content done by Shon herself. I acquried my copy of the book at a talk she gave, in which she described the book as explaining how trans liberation would be to the benefit of everyone in society. While this was certainly present in the final two chapters I would have liked more discussion of this within earlier chapters particularly when it comes to class struggles and healthcare.
I would also like more paragraph breaks lol
Graphic: Misogyny and Transphobia
Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma
Minor: Addiction and Abortion
emmalouisereads's review against another edition
4.5
I don’t know if it’s a book that’ll convince the average transphobe to change their mind. People who don’t know much about the difficulties trans people face (especially in the UK) will find this book enlightening.
I’m glad this book exists
Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment
Content warnings are in the context of a non-fiction booknialiversuch's review against another edition
5.0
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
5.0
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
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
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
4.25
Graphic: Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria
amyflorence's review against another edition
5.0
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
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Outing, and Classism