The youth interviewed here do not uniformly share It Gets Better-style happy endings, but their strength is nonetheless inspirational as they face ongoing challenges with families, sexual and romantic relationships, bullies, schools, transitions, mental health, and more. Readers become immersed in these young adults’ voices and experiences. Speaking with equal impact to both the reader’s heart and mind, Beyond Magenta is highly recommended. Kuklin’s important new book brings welcome clarity to a subject that has often been obscure and gives faces-literally and metaphorically-to a segment of the teen population that has too long been invisible.
strikingly in-depth examination of the sometimes clinical complexities of being transgender, even as Kuklin’s empathy-inducing pictures put a human face on the experience. The collective portrait that emerges from these narratives and pictures is diverse, complex and occasionally self-contradictory - as any true story should be.Informative, revealing, powerful and necessary. Kuklin brings her intimate, compassionate and respectful lens to the stories of six transgender young people. As Kuklin writes, “My subjects’ willingness to brave bullying and condemnation in order to reveal their individual selves makes it impossible to be nothing less than awestruck.” She isn’t wrong. Kuklin captures these teenagers not as idealized exemplars of what it “means” to be transgender but as full, complex, and imperfect human beings. We were really young but that’s what we did.Sorely needed resource for teens and, frankly, many adults. Alarmingly, there is no immediate clarification for young readers that this is illegal and damaging behavior.įrom six up, I used to kiss other guys in my neighbourhood, make out with them, and perform oral sex on them. One young adult interviewed for the book describes performing and “loving” oral sex from the age of six.
Also on rt.com Wait! US & UK doctors warn against hormones/surgery for trans-identified kids The book titled ‘Beyond Magenta’ has actually been on the shelves since 2014, but gained widespread attention after some disturbing passages were highlighted by the Binary Australia website, which describes itself as seeking to “challenge the aggressive agenda to de-gender” society. A “groundbreaking” book billed as an “honest look” at the life and struggles of transgender teens has sparked outrage online over a disturbing description of “sex” with a six-year-old child.
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