Gender Queer: The Annotated Edition (Gender Queer: A Memoir)
2020 ALA Alex Award Winner
2020 Stonewall — Israel Fishman Non-fiction Award Honor Book
In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia’s intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fanfiction, and facing the trauma and fundamental violation of pap smears.
Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity—what it means and how to think about it—for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere.
"It’s also a great resource for those who identify as nonbinary or asexual as well as for those who know someone who identifies that way and wish to better understand." — SLJ (starred review)
2020 Stonewall — Israel Fishman Non-fiction Award Honor Book
In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia’s intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fanfiction, and facing the trauma and fundamental violation of pap smears.
Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity—what it means and how to think about it—for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere.
"It’s also a great resource for those who identify as nonbinary or asexual as well as for those who know someone who identifies that way and wish to better understand." — SLJ (starred review)
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Readers say *Gender Queer: A Memoir* by Maia Kobabe offers honest, insightful reflections on gender identity with engaging illustrations and personal ...
Maia Kobabe writes about eir gender queer identity and eir struggles as a non-binary human being in this excellent graphic novel memoir.
Absolutely fascinating read, and I feel that I have learned how to be more interacting with people and eir gender identity.
Thank you Maia! Best graphic novel I have read in a long time.
PS forgive me if pronouns are wrong. I was never very good at grammar.
Absolutely fascinating read, and I feel that I have learned how to be more interacting with people and eir gender identity.
Thank you Maia! Best graphic novel I have read in a long time.
PS forgive me if pronouns are wrong. I was never very good at grammar.
So inspiring and beautiful. Even as someone fairly well-versed in gender identity & inclusion, I learned so much and came away understanding things on a deeper level!
What an amazing story! I loved the honesty in the story and in the illustrations. The author has such an amazing family, it gave me chills. Not everyone in their situation has such support, and I am glad they had it.
The story answered so many questions, and I would recommend it to anyone who has friends or family questioning their sexuality. Actually, I would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about the topic, or is even willing to learn. Such a wonderful story!
The story answered so many questions, and I would recommend it to anyone who has friends or family questioning their sexuality. Actually, I would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about the topic, or is even willing to learn. Such a wonderful story!
ofc i cried, ofc this made my heart sing and wrecked it at the same time
and ofc i'll recommend this book every chance i'll get <3
(i also hope to be able to share it with family maybe? someday?)
and ofc i'll recommend this book every chance i'll get <3
(i also hope to be able to share it with family maybe? someday?)
I won't be rating this book or giving much of a "review" simply because I feel I lack the experience or knowledge of the subject matter to do so. I will say that I read it because it is currently being challenged at the library where I work (ebook format) and I think it is important that I am familiar with the material being questioned.
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