Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution by Susan Stryker

29 reviews

brookey8888's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

This was good. I learned a lot and had things refreshed for me, but because it was short it was just information after information and I found it hard to take in at times. If this was longer and things were expanded on I think it would have been more beneficial for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Transphobia, Police brutality, Murder, and Outing

arinheck's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Deadnaming, Hate crime, Sexism, Violence, and Medical content

booksbeyondthebinary's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Racism and Rape

razzberry_pi's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

Good introduction to trans history in the US, covering major events up to ~2017. If you are generally familiar with queer history/studies maybe skip/skim the definitions chapter as some of the labels are outdated/wrongly defined. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Biphobia, Hate crime, Sexism, Suicide, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Pandemic/Epidemic

purplepenning's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

Read during the #TransRightsReadathon. A good overview, updated in 2017, of trans history from the 1950s on. It focuses on human rights and social justice in historical social context, but does include some scientific/medical history as well. The glossary at the beginning is useful, but be advised, as the author points out, that language can change rapidly, so it should be a starting point and guide to understanding the terminology used in the book rather than a definitive source for current usage.     

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Confinement, Deadnaming, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

Minor: Deadnaming and Suicide attempt

bendy_bookworm's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

This book was extremely informative and enlightened me to so many different historical events and perspectives I wasn’t previously aware of, even as someone who is non-binary. I definitely recommend this for those looking for a well-written historical review of the transgender community.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia

keeganrb's review

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Biphobia, Sexual assault, and Forced institutionalization

biblioghoul's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Death, Sexual assault, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Outing

silverleaf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, and Medical trauma

arsenic_'s review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Outing