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None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary by Travis Alabanza

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fynn_jls's review against another edition

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challenging emotional medium-paced

4.5

Very very heavy & intense to read. Most of the book focuses on the hurt that we as nonbinary/gender nonconforming people experience in society

I wonder [...] If the reason I never see older gender-non-conforming people on the streets is because we eventually get tired of being the freaks everyone looks at? That eventually, we know in order to live peacefully, we must choose one or the other?

They mention that it feels like their choices are either to change medically and be seen as a woman, or to quit and allow people to misgender them for the peace of not fighting. They talk about how it feels like there is just one option or the other, despite feeling and knowing they are between things.

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sophtruepenny's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

Intricate and deliberate. A difficult read, but in a good way. Challenged my thoughts about myself. Said what I needed to hear. First long form content I’ve read/seen about being trans non binary and black.
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bootlegfrank's review

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

There’s an underlying sadness to this book which given the anti trans rhetoric in the UK is to be expected. Travis’ is so reflective and honest in the way they write, the book exposes many thoughts I myself have had but have never vocalised and that last chapter in particular is brilliantly written and I believe we could all learn something from it.
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