GENDER QUEER HC THE ANNOTATED EDITION (Backorder, Allow 4-5 Weeks)

Dig deeper into one of the most banned books in America with this annotated edition of Maia Kobabe's seminal autobiographical work. In 2014¸ Maia Kobabe—who uses e/em/eir pronouns—thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time¸ it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Then e created Gender Queer. Maia's intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity¸ which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes¸ grappling with how to come out to family and society¸ bonding with friends over erotic gay fan fiction¸ and facing the trauma and fundamental violation of pap smears. Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual¸ Gender Queer is more than a personal story: It is a useful and touching guide on gender identity—what it means and how to think about it—for advocates¸ friends¸ and humans everywhere. This special annotated edition calls on voices from academic and creative communities to further shed light on Kobabe's work—exploring the technicalities of comic creation¸ the history of the LGBTQIA+ community¸ and highlighting personal anecdotes from a host of writers and artists discussing their own experiences growing up queer. Featuring commentary from designer and animator Phoebe Kobabe (The ABCs of Identities)¸ cartoonist Ashley R. Guillory (Queers at the Table)¸ Dr. Sandra Cox (professor of English at Southwest Missouri State University)¸ Matthew Noe (Lead Collection & Knowledge Management Librarian at Harvard Medical School)¸ author Hal Schrieve (Fawn's Blood)¸ and many more¸ this beautiful hardcover edition promises to be a wonderful educational tool for years to come.