Gender Queer

Yes, great book with nice illustrations and easy to connect with timeline and panel work. Right away this author lets you know that this is a very personal and vulnerable work that they've (eir've? - pronouns are e/em/eir - let me know!) shared and with recent attempts at censorship I can imagine the complex feelings about this published work - although, I am happy to have read it and it gave me more insight to my own journey and subjects that don't really come up. (I'm a shy they/them/their) I'm really happy to have read this.

From being in the process of expressing pronouns, to even the subjects of asexuality (? or maybe general disinterest in own body), to addressing health concerns that impact in a big way because it feels like it makes a conclusion about yourself.

I have experience the gender roles and constrictions as we get older - especially middle school (and high school) This was some kinda hell. I also generally have a disinterest of normie sexual things because I need a strong connection first with the person, or I feel like i'm intruding?? (Although, I enjoy Aesthetics of people) I'm lucky to have a partner that has been really patient and we have that connection. I generally don't even like addressing my parts, so similarly I skipped the pap for YEARS because I wasn't ready to address that I have these parts...idk I decided I had to do it after my aunt died of cancer, I skipped it again that year, but the next year I did it because I had 2x cancer scares.

There was more in the book that I learned more about Maia's perspective and what eir growing up wants/wishes were and I thought that was really interesting.

A quote in the book I really liked was, I don't want to be a boy/girl I just wanna be me.
Anyway, still learning new stuff that there was names for all along.

Excellent book.