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The Blurb On The Back:
TRANS GLOBAL explores the fascinating long history of transgender around the world. This book uncovers the cultures and people of the past and present who have embraced, challenged or quietly subverted society’s expectations about gender. Find out:
- which cultures accepted a non-binary lifestyle for centuries before ‘transgender’ became a label;
- who fights for the acceptance of the trans community;
- what it is like for young trans people just starting out on their journey.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Honor Head’s non-fiction LGBTQ+ book for children aged 12+ (with a foreword by Jake Graf and Hannah Winterbourne) highlights the history of transgender people and the different attitudes towards them around the world but while it’s strong on showing the attitudes of different cultures, some of the descriptions of gender behaviour and issues such as transgender sports people are too simplistic, which affects its usefulness as a primer.
TRANS GLOBAL: TRANSGENDER THEN, NOW AND AROUND THE WORLD was released in the United Kingdom on 13th September 2018. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
TRANS GLOBAL explores the fascinating long history of transgender around the world. This book uncovers the cultures and people of the past and present who have embraced, challenged or quietly subverted society’s expectations about gender. Find out:
- which cultures accepted a non-binary lifestyle for centuries before ‘transgender’ became a label;
- who fights for the acceptance of the trans community;
- what it is like for young trans people just starting out on their journey.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Honor Head’s non-fiction LGBTQ+ book for children aged 12+ (with a foreword by Jake Graf and Hannah Winterbourne) highlights the history of transgender people and the different attitudes towards them around the world but while it’s strong on showing the attitudes of different cultures, some of the descriptions of gender behaviour and issues such as transgender sports people are too simplistic, which affects its usefulness as a primer.
TRANS GLOBAL: TRANSGENDER THEN, NOW AND AROUND THE WORLD was released in the United Kingdom on 13th September 2018. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
