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Trans Like Me: Conversations for All of Us
Written by C.N. Lester
Narrated by C.N. Lester
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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In Trans Like Me, CN Lester takes listeners on a measured, thoughtful, intelligent yet approachable tour through the most important and high-profile narratives around the trans community, turning them inside out and examining where we really are in terms of progress. From the impact of the media's wording in covering trans people and issues, to the way parenting gender variant children is portrayed, Lester brings their charged personal narrative to every topic and expertly lays out the work left to be done.
Trans Like Me explores the ways that we are all defined by ideas of gender-whether we live as he, she, or they-and how we can strive for authenticity in a world that forces limiting labels.
Trans Like Me explores the ways that we are all defined by ideas of gender-whether we live as he, she, or they-and how we can strive for authenticity in a world that forces limiting labels.
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Reviews for Trans Like Me
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A thoughtful and extremely detailed history of the trans experience that also features stories from the author's own unique life. Although Transness is having it's pop culture moment, there is still a wealth of damaging ideas and stereotypes floating around and even openly expounded by people from all across the political spectrum. This book is extremely helpful for anyone to read, as it really discusses the meaning of gender and posits a future where all people can be more free to express themselves and live as they truly are.There's a lot to digest here, as it is one of those deceptively layered books that only appears to be uncomplicated because the author is so intensely eloquent and expert. It's a book to be reread, savored, and pondered.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A very good combination of memoir, social science study, political polemic, history, and opinion piece on feminist theory (and the limitations set by its historical lack of intersectionality.) Lester does not acknowledge in any way the source of people's discomfort with gender nonconformity, and I think just glossing over that discussion limits this to a book that will be broadening to trans allies rather than people still trying to figure things out. One notable example, there is an acknowledgment that for some (certainly not all) gender nonconforming people there is body dysphoria. They then dismiss the possibility that there is a mental health concern with the statement that they is mentally ill, and this is different from their mental health struggles so clearly there is no connection. That sort of tautology (as if all mental health issues and every person's gender dysphoria is the same) weakens what is otherwise a compelling, edifying, and completely worthwhile read.