Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

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

5 reviews

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

This book read more like a high school textbook so I struggled to get through parts of it, but the resources (websites, laws, etc) mentioned were vital for me to know about. Also, there were many incidents and law cases that were shared in this book that I didn’t know about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

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

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

ashheinrich's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Biphobia, Deadnaming, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Medical trauma