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Sometimes when you‘re queer, you feel like you have to be a “gold star” ____, which means all your experiences line up neatly in a way a cis/hetero person could understand. Cyrus always felt a bit like a boy even though he was assigned female at birth, but his gender dysphoria was never as extreme as a gold star trans man. This is his memoir of transition.

There was a page where he questioned what Cyrus would like (vegan or carnivore, ⬇️

#bookmail from yesterday! I picked up the Pride bundle from Feminist Book Club Box. The book is an exploration of gender by the author, and the product I picked was a universal eye makeup crayon! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

A bit messy, much like I imagine the experience was for Cyrus. Honest but complicated. Pretty courageous to tell your “becoming” story.

An important book, but a difficult one to read.

This memoir is a bit messy and feels like it ends too soon, but it's a story that needs to exist. Cyrus Grace grapples with gender and longing and feeling displaced. More gender queer voices in books can only lead to helping others on their own journeys, and Cyrus Grace definitely holds nothing back.
#NFNov @clwojick

This memoir is an excellent capture of grappling with genderqueer identity. I've marked a bunch of places that resonate with experiences friends of mine have had, but I've never seen in articulated so well. It's a quick read and very worth reading. It comes out November 15, 2019 - I was sent a copy from the publisher.

I'm seeing how many memoirs I can read for Non-Fiction November - this is the first!

Cyrus Grace Dunham, sibling to Lena, writes gorgeously and grippingly of their gender journey, but the overwhelming and graphic depictions of emotional pain paired with the seeming obliviousness to their privilege as a ridiculously wealthy and vastly supported person made this book a so-so for me. I‘m glad this exists because we need more representation on bookshelves but I can‘t wholeheartedly recommend it.

4/5🌟This is one of the most intimate, vulnerable and unbelievable honest memoirs I have ever read!
This reads almost like diary form as Cyrus Grace Dunham writes so clearly and openly about their gender journey, family, desire, queerness and more. So many people will find this book a great comfort. And anyone who enjoys memoirs or has ever wondered about gender identity and queerness needs to read this book! Out Oct 15th! #bookstagram

3.5 stars. A hauntingly raw journey as Grace contemplates becoming Cyrus; becoming they, sometimes he, and back to she at times. It feels like Grace was secretly in search of a metanoia to relieve the guilt and paranoia about feeling she is doing a disservice to the female gender, and feeling he is not worthy of being a man. More stories from the LGBTQ community need to populate all our shelves to help inspire and advance acceptance and normalcy