Transgender History, second edition: The Roots of Today's Revolution | 
pickAs the title states, this is about transgender history, specifically in the USA. It‘s informative & can be a bit dry at times, reading more like a textbook. I guess I should have taken the title at face value, but I was expecting something w/ a little more emotional depth or personal stories. However, it‘s a piece of history not often (if ever) discussed & so I appreciated it for what it was. In that scope, it was great.
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pickThis book does pretty well what it sets out to do even though it wasn't the most engaging read. If you read it -- a history of US trans social justice movements focused on 1950-2016 -- skip the 1st chapter. The book feels like a conventional work of history: it tells dry facts, lists names, etc. I found a lot of info interesting, like prior uprisings to 1969 Stonewall that aren't as widely known but most descriptions are brief and perfunctory.
Really trying not to let the fact that Styker defines bisexual as attraction to two binary genders and polysexual / polyamorous as attraction to all genders colour the rest of my reading. This is a 2018 second edition!! Bi people, like especially bi trans people, have been rejecting that definition for a while!! And polyamorous is a relationship style of non-monogamy, not an orientation?! I am genuinely confused about how she fucked up polyamory.
pickI have so many thoughts.
The book does very well covering the highs and lows about the fight to get out of oppression. Should be essential in sex, gender, and feminist studies in college. I didn't realize how very different the fight was between gays and transpeople. It was very shocking to me that the gay community wouldn't accept them and neither would the feminists so their battles
Like many transgender people, I spent years being marginally employed because of other people's discomfort, ignorance, and prejudice.
My transgender experience makes me want to be a good ally to other people who experience forms of discrimination different from my own. It makes me want to help build a world that honors many kinds of human differences.
#LGBTQ+History #ReadHarder2021
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Plugging away at my #readharder list. I forgot how much I enjoy this challenge after taking a couple years off. In other news, Huey‘s suddenly turning into a lap cat and I‘m thrilled about it. #huey #catsoflitsy
pickThis book was so fascinating, and also often heartbreaking. I learned so much!
pickTransgender History by Susan Stryker is an amazing book full of information, insight, and emotion. Trans rights is a heated topic religiously and politically, but at the heart, people's lives are at stake. Read the full book review at https://onthebl.org/2019/06/23/transgender-history/
I really like this one.
Today is #transvisibilityday ! And I thought I'd recommend some audiobooks. As we stand with our trans family and friends today and everyday, it is especially important to listen to them and to amplify their stories! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
pickI finished a book, it‘s a miracle!
This book was an overview of the modern US history of transgender rights. No real mention on indigenous or multicultural gender experiences, which was disappointing but not unexpected.
It was also published in 2008 so the language was a little outdated and it‘s missing the current trans rights wave. The times they are a changin!
A good primer written by a trans woman though!
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Sometimes I secretly like getting sick because it forces me to acknowledge that I need to slow down and rest more, lol. And finally read some. This cold is pretty brutal though.
Interesting thing I didn‘t know: a lot of the trans Health Infrastructures in the US were funded by a trans man who spent his fortune on the cause. That‘s pretty cool.
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Starting yet another book as I continue to add to my currently-reading and indefinitely paused stack of books. This inability to focus is THE WORST. But this book is interesting.
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Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Let us not forget those who have been the target of violence nor those who have perished through suicide. We must work everyday to create a more inclusive world, one place at a time if we must, so that all trans people are safe and free to be themselves. Check out https://www.glaad.org/tdor
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