kjurewicz's review against another edition
4.0
The format of this book was different than I expected. It was fascinating to read individuals’ stories, but more background in the events happening during each period of history would have been helpful and better help the reader’s understanding.
kalifer's review against another edition
Will try the adult version at another time.
gwenisnonbinary's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
2.0
It's a good place to start for people who don't know a lot about the queer community. However, I was not a fan of the consistent deadnaming and misgendering of people. The book is also already outdated with some terminology about asexual and intersex people. It was also weird calling them "sexual experiences" when a lot of the people mentioned were minors. ALSO, it was weird that Marsha P. Johnson did not get her own section of the book, as another user pointed out. She was a HUGE part of Stonewall! Many users have pointed out all the other flaws too.
sunflowerjess's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
I don't think this is the best YA nonfiction book about LGBTQ+ history, but it's definitely not bad. I would say a good introduction to the subject. I would have liked to see a lot more different kinds of rep, but again, for an introductory book, it was decent.
palliem's review against another edition
3.0
This is a decent book, but I wanted to like it more than I did. There seemed to be some fairly glaring omissions (Marsha P. Johnson as a footnote in Rivera’s chapter instead of getting her own?!) and some misrepresentations (the treatment of asexuality as a “new” thing that is “often temporary,” even though it was specifically included in the Stonewall movement, as well as the total erasure of intersex people—who he calls “intersexed.”) Ultimately, the representation is important for my students, so I’ll throw it on my shelves, but with some heavy caveats and discussions with those who pick it up.
madelinefmcguire's review against another edition
4.0
This book does in depth on the history of queer people starting with the indigenous people and specific tribal beliefs on the matter. This book covers many stories of queer people throughout the history of the united states and the author does their best to use terminology fitting to them based on what they referred themselves to or what we know about that time period. The biggest issue with this book is that it lacks information and stories of people who identify as asexual, and it does mention in the glossary that some people may feel asexual but not identify themselves as such. But overall I'm pleased with this book if there's a youth out there who doesn't know a lot about queer history and would like to this book is worth the read.