"So when did you know?" -- "But I mean, real trans." -- "Ladies, gentlemen, and those lucky enough to transcend gender." -- The bearded monster -- "This ain't a thing we do round here, son." -- "So what do you want me to call it?" -- "Children sacrificed to appease trans lobby." -- "This is for us, baby, not for them."
Summary:
"A memoir exploring what it means to live outside the normative boundaries imposed by society, from an award-winning trans writer and performer. In None of the Above: Reflections on Life beyond the Binary, Travis Alabanza considers seven phrases people have directed at them throughout their life. These phrases-some deceptively innocuous, some deliberately loaded or violent, some celebratory-have fundamentally shaped Alabanza, both for better and for worse. But these phrases also illuminate broader issues about a world that insists on gender as a fixed identity. Alabanza considers the meaning of gender, and the role it plays in a world that rigidly and aggressively enforces the binary. Drawing from their experiences as a racialized queer person, Alabanza interrogates our current frameworks around identity and meditates on doubt and language"-- Provided by publisher.
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