pickI like the way Munroe put this book together - it has chapters on aspects of life and identity which she uses as perspectives on her experiences, and which act as lenses to examine the social attitudes and systemic prejudices that affected her life and shaped the person she is.
The personal elements of memoir ground her thoughtful analysis of larger cultural influences in lived experience, and while, sadly, some may challenge her conclusions ⬇️
"Children who need to be taught to respect traditional moral values are being taught that they have an inalienable right to be gay...All of those children are being cheated of a sound start in life—yes cheated."
https://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/106941
From the 1987 Tory Conference speech that prepared the ground for Clause 28, the Tory policy that made it illegal for public bodies to support gay people, including the provision that ⬇️
"We all transition. It's what binds us, not what separates us. Be it through moving from childhood into adolescence, our sexuality, our gender, in our relationship with love, our racial identity or individual purpose, every aspect of our lives is in transition; and if we can apply transitional thinking to our lives, we can begin to deconstruct both the internal barriers within ourselves and the external barriers between each other."
Munroe Bergdorf has been vilified & calumniated by the right-wing press for saying true things about gender, sexuality & race they find too challenging to consider or reflect upon, choosing instead to prove her points by the vitriol of their attacks against her. This biography should be illuminating and, I suspect, infuriating in depicting the oppressive nature of mainstream culture. We're lucky to have such activists challenging the status quo.
Incredibly excited to discover this audiobook of a Black trans woman in Britain as overwhelmingly American stories find their ways to the top of charts and awarded accolades. This book is about reflections of the many ways humans transition - gender, sexuality, identity, and more. The author is beautifully and painfully honest about their experiences. Please check content warnings before reading.
Transitional: In One Way or Another, We All Transition | 
All of which I've made sound overly earnest and po-faced, but it's actually down-to-earth, honest, raw and captivating. 1y