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"In the fifteen years since the release of Gender Outlaw, Kate Bornstein's groundbreaking challenge to gender ideology, transgender narratives have made their way from the margins to the mainstream. Today's transpeople, genderqueers, and other sex/gender radicals are writing a drastically new world into being. Gender Outlaws, edited by the original gender outlaw, Bornstein, together with writer, raconteur, and theater artist S. Bear Bergman, collects and contextualizes the work of this generation's trans and genderqueer forward thinkers -- new voices from the stage, on the streets, in the workplace, in the bedroom, and on the pages and websites of the world's most respected news sources. Gender Outlaws includes essays, commentary, comic art, and conversation from a diverse group of trans-spectrum people who live and believe in barrier-breaking lives." -- Publisher description.… (more)
This anthology of stories, poems, history, and opinions from queer people just goes to show how diverse the queer community is. Given that each of the contributions is by a different person, they all hit a little bit differently. Some of them I connected to rather well, but others I was underwhelmed by. There were some good points made throughout, but it did not feel as if it had a sense of direction or purpose behind placing the contributions where they were. ( )
This book shares the perspectives of various "gender outlaws" who defy cultural or countercultural norms surrounding gender in the societies in which they live. It does a great job of portraying the diversity of the trans and genderqueer community and giving insight into different ways people can understand gender. The book remains topical, touching on a lot of issues that I still see discussed surrounding trans people now, online and in real life. Readers will benefit from a basic knowledge of the current American transgender rights landscape, including subjects like bathroom bills, trans-exclusionary radical feminism, and transgender fetishism. As a trans person, I believe there's a lot of insight here for trans and queer people as well as cis ones, particularly in the various essays disussing queer community norms and feminist approaches to queerness. ( )
I wanted a book to better orient me around trans issues . . . and wow. This is it! Definitely a case of giving me just enough information to know that you can't wrap all gender issues up in one book ... a must-read for anyone wanting to check their own cis privilege. ( )
I expected more fuck societies theme from this book but was pleasantly surprised by the positive gender and sexuality reading for the future of society. Definitely worth a read ( )
"In the fifteen years since the release of Gender Outlaw, Kate Bornstein's groundbreaking challenge to gender ideology, transgender narratives have made their way from the margins to the mainstream. Today's transpeople, genderqueers, and other sex/gender radicals are writing a drastically new world into being. Gender Outlaws, edited by the original gender outlaw, Bornstein, together with writer, raconteur, and theater artist S. Bear Bergman, collects and contextualizes the work of this generation's trans and genderqueer forward thinkers -- new voices from the stage, on the streets, in the workplace, in the bedroom, and on the pages and websites of the world's most respected news sources. Gender Outlaws includes essays, commentary, comic art, and conversation from a diverse group of trans-spectrum people who live and believe in barrier-breaking lives." -- Publisher description.
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