Beyond the Gender Binary
Ratings20
Average rating4.2
I thought this book was rather meh. The beginning of the book opens up the discussion about gender-nonconforming people quite well, but when we get to the part where they start listing questions and statements the book loses me. Although I get the frustration as a queer person, I wish the conversation would have been had in a different way. To constantly be on the defense is simply exhausting. The questions could have instead been incorporated in a convincing and well-researched text.
3-stars for all the info given. As some people have mentioned before, if you're already well-versed in the topic you really won't learn anything new.
The audiobook didn't really provide any sources or direct quotes, but I'm hoping and guessing the paperback did.
A must read for those who want to learn, unlearn and relearn concepts around gender. This is like a memoir-essay in Penguin's Pocket Change series, so it's not fully fleshed out like a full memoir or non-fiction book, but it does what it seeks out to do.
Short, concise, heartfelt. I think I read a longer more in-depth treatment of when and how we use gender on ID documents/sports with the same name if you wanted something with more meat.