A review by xabbeylongx
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

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2.0

Spoilers Ahead: 
I thought this was a very interesting book. As someone who is part of the LGBTQ+ community, I wanted to read about what it felt like to not be the gender you was assigned at birth. 
This is an autographical piece, and it was so intriguing. We follow Maia as ey (I think these are the right pronouns, I’m so sorry if they’re not correct) are learning to find themselves. Assigned female at birth, but feeling like ey’re genderless and not really wanting to be identified as male or female, it’s really cool to see em become more happy with eir body, and find out which pronouns work out best for em. 
Honestly, I learnt quite a lot more than I thought I would from this comic. Such as how their is actually a hormonal reason as to why some people feel like they are not connected with the body they were born in. Secondly, I thought this comic was so raw, so brave and so beautiful, and showing the struggles that ey faced. Even with family, who are supposed to love you unconditionally, aren’t perfect, and it’s nice to see it from all angles. 
I’m definitely very interested in learning a lot more about being non-binary and gender-queer, as I think it’s becoming a more prevalent part of life, and I want to make sure I’m being respectful of everyone’s gender. Also, it’s insanely fucking cool. 
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