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Gender Queer: a Memoir — Content Guide for Parents

By Maia Kobabe, Perfection Learning CorporationPerfection Learning Corporation2019-05-28ISBN 9781663609120240 pages
Gender Queer: a Memoir

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Contains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.

About this 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."--Amazon.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Gender Queer: a Memoir appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    The memoir includes illustrations of hormone therapy medication injection and mentions of prescribed drugs, which may imply a context of medical intervention related to gender identity. However, the depiction is not graphic. No content classified as scary or frightening detected in the search results.

  • Does Gender Queer: a Memoir have violence?

    The memoir includes illustrations of hormone therapy medication injection and mentions of prescribed drugs, which may imply a context of medical intervention related to gender identity. However, the depiction is not graphic.

  • Does Gender Queer: a Memoir have scary content?

    No content classified as scary or frightening detected in the search results.

  • Does Gender Queer: a Memoir have religious themes?

    No religious content or themes detected in the search results.

  • Does Gender Queer: a Memoir have racial/cultural content?

    No race or racism themes detected in the search results.

  • Does Gender Queer: a Memoir have profanity?

    No profanity detected in the search results.

  • Does Gender Queer: a Memoir have climate change?

    No climate themes detected in the search results.

  • Does Gender Queer: a Memoir have sexual identity?

    The book contains frank discussions about sexuality, including illustrations and descriptions of sexual activity. It explores the author's sexual identity and fantasies, contributing to the narrative's exploration of gender and sexuality.

  • Does Gender Queer: a Memoir have gender roles?

    The memoir critiques traditional gender roles by illustrating the author's struggle with gender identity and the desire to exist outside the binary of male and female. It promotes the idea that gender identity is complex and not strictly tied to biological sex.

  • Does Gender Queer: a Memoir have lgbtq+ themes?

    The memoir centers on Maia Kobabe's experiences growing up as a nonbinary and asexual person, providing a positive representation of nonbinary identity. It also includes depictions of relationships involving a lesbian character and a transgender person, normalizing diverse sexual orientations and gender identities.