Beyond Magenta

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A groundbreaking work of LGBT literature takes an honest look at the life, love, and struggles of transgender teens.Author and photographer Susan Kuklin met and interviewed six transgender or gender neutral young adults and used her considerable skills to represent them thoughtfully and respectfully before, during, and after their personal acknowledgment of gender preference Portraits, family photographs, and candid images grace the pages, augmenting the emotional and physical journey each youth has taken Each honest discussion and disclosure, whether joyful or heartbreaking, is completely different from the other because of family dynamics, living situations, gender, and the transition these teens make in recognition of their true selves. New Download [ Beyond Magenta ] Author [ Susan Kuklin ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr A timely and poignant exploration of the lives of transgender teens each chapter a narrative constructed from interviews with those teens who have, with varying degrees of success, come to terms with their gender identity and overcome prejudice and misunderstanding at home, at school, and in the workplace The best way to understand someone s struggl...I m leaningtowards 3.5 on this one Yes, transgender issues need to be talked aboutAwareness and understanding need to be fostered Yes, it s great to have a book that shows exactly the struggles transgender teens face in day to day life.However.The scope of this book is extremely narrow Out of six narratives, five of them are from NYC and the surrounding areas the last teen, Luke, lives in Madison, WI I almost stopped reading after the first two narratives because Jessy would s I m leaningtowards 3.5 on this one Yes, transgender issues need to be ...The idea of this book is fantastic allowing young trans people from many different backgrounds to tell their own stories, which would then be collected and published, allowing the wider world to read about a variety of trans possibilities and experiences The actuality of the book was incredibly disappointing The most positive thing about Beyond Magenta is that it does strive to include the diversity of the trans community as reflected in the identities of the interviewees There is an equal r The idea of this book is fantastic allowing young trans people from many different backgrounds to tell their own stories, which would then be collected and published, allowing the wider world to read about a variety of trans possibilities and experiences The actuality of the book was incredibly disappointing The most positive thing about Beyond Magenta is that it does strive to include the diversity of the trans community as reflected in the identities of the inter...Dnfed it 24 pages in, because COME ON SERIOUSLY Let me explain a bitI m having a real problem with Jessy The guy knows what it s like to be a girl, but he s being really macho Now that I m masculine enough I can say back off to other men when they talk to my girlfriend, I can take as much space as I want when I sit down in the subway, I take on the male social role nowREALLY He also reinforced gender stereotypes Girls are so superficial and complicated I ve always thoug Dnfed it 24 pages in, because COME ON SERIOUSLY Let me explain a bitI m having a real problem with Jessy The guy knows what it s like to be a girl, but he s being really macho Now that I m masculine enough I can say back off to other men when they talk to my girlfriend, I can take as much space as I want when I sit down in the subway, I take on the male social role nowREALLY He also reinforced gender stereotypes Girls are so superficial and complicated I ve always thought I was better than any other girl Girls don t have enough strength blablabla Oh and my favourite He asked...I appreciate the fact that the author of this book, Kuklin, allows the teenagers stories and photos to mostly speak for themselves with seemingly little intervention It would have been nice to see what kinds of questions teens were responding to, in order to have a sense of how Kuklin may have shaped the informat...Read this and other reviews at Things I Find While ShelvingThere is one word I can use to describe this book snapshots.This book is a series of snapshots of people on the Trans spectrum It doesn t cover everything, but it is refreshing to read the words of young Trans people, to hear how they explored their identities and found their truths.I wish there had been a book like this when I was a teen I m glad it s out now for those teens who are struggling to fit in this world that still won t Read this and other reviews at Things I Find While ShelvingThere is one word I can use to describe this book snapshots.This book is a series of snapshots of people on the Trans spectrum It doesn t cover everything, but it is refreshing to read the words of young T...I read this as one of my selections for Banned Books Week, from the list provided by ALA of frequently banned diverse books Alongside it I read Am I Blue Coming Out from the Silence, a short story collection from 1994, geared to the same age group I think the grouping put this book intoperspective No, these six profiles of transgender, genderneutral, genderfluid, and intersex teens can t possibly capture every possible experience in the trans community, but I appreciated the attempt I read this as one of my selections for Banned Books W...Beyond Magenta is the very first non fiction book reviewed here in the five years of The Nocturnal Library s existence, and I couldn t have picked a better one for the honor It consists of six stories about six transgender, genderqueer or gender nonconforming teens, accompanied by gorgeous, honest photographs and several comments by the author The stories are told in first person by the teens themselves, interspersed here and there by the author s brief comments and observations The first thi Beyond Magenta is the very first non fiction book reviewed here in the five years of The Nocturnal Library s existence, and I couldn t have picked a better one for the honor It consists of six stories about six transgender, genderqueer or gender nonconforming teens, accompanied by gorgeous, honest photographs and several comments by the author The stories are told in first person by the teens themselves, interspersed here and there by the author s brief comments and observations The first thing that will strike any reader is a complete absence of idealization The teens are portrayed as they are, nothing is hidden, nothing embellished They are people with convictions, fears, and sometimes inappropriate reactions, with lives a lotchallenging than those of cisgendered people Kuklin did her very best to cover as much of the spectrum as she possibly could by including six very different shades of the gender spectrum The kids categorize themselves, if they want to be categ...I justugh I was so disappointed by this Yet another book about trans people but not for us And I get that the whole point is teens telling their own stories but the way most of them talk about gender is so troubling, especially considering the clearly cis anticipated audience Trans is not the next step down the nonexistent line from gay And the glossary in the back was so bare bones and very off base in a lot of cases I can t recommend this to anyone honestly None of the voices reson I justugh I was so disappointed by this Yet another book about tran...Received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.This is a really difficult book to rate Kuklin gathers together stories of different transgender teenagers at various stages in their coming out process and talks with them about their lives up until this point It s heartbreaking to read about the challenges each individual has faced and see the hate and discrimination they deal with everyday Yet at t...

Beyond Magenta
  • English
  • 15 July 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 192 pages
  • 0763656119
  • Susan Kuklin
  • Beyond Magenta