Michael's review of Gender Queer (original) (raw)

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Michael's Reviews > Gender Queer

Gender Queer
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I read this to see what the conservative outrage about this book is. A little background, I’m an elementary school music teacher who previously taught high school music and dance. I’m also a biracial gay male who grew up in a small rural town in the US and had a really tough childhood and early adolescence due to bullying and not fitting in and now teach in a very progressive big European city (where I also don’t really fit in).

I really do want to be sympathetic to this topic and whoever it affects as gender pronouns and non-binary…identity (I’m not sure how to word that) seem to be coming up more frequently every year. I appreciate that the author took the time to share her experiences, but don’t see in what way this particular book has any place in a school library or in the youth section of a public library. I found this frankly explicit and disgusting. There are things I openly discuss with friends but don’t tell my students or acquaintances or parents. I personally don’t care to read about someone’s use of a strap on to perform oral sex not do I care to see this much blood. I don’t think that’s any more appropriate to share in a school than an episode of Queer as Folk (which I very much celebrate as ADULT entertainment). Then again, I don’t feel the need to tell everyone I meet that I’m a bottom or what nsfw pictures I get on Grindr. I’m not surprised so many parents don’t want their kids reading this book as it is totally confusing and too graphic.

Besides not being appropriate for a school setting, I think this book is just poorly written. It seems as though the author is rambling about whatever enters their head and I’m still left not seeing any need to confuse the whole world about your gender when you yourself are not sure what implications that has on your life. Beyond that, I don’t feel like the author had any personality except they read a lot and wanted very badly to fit into the ever growing LGBT etc label.

I hope this was cathartic for the author and I’m giving it an A for effort, but it really was one of the worst books I’ve read in a really long time. I’m still hoping to find a book (fiction or non fiction) that explains to me why this is all suddenly such a big deal for so many people and if it’s just an antifeminist fad or if I’m missing a piece of the puzzle.

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July 19, 2022 –Started Reading

July 20, 2022 –Finished Reading

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