A review by bobinsbooknook
Gender Explorers: Our Stories of Growing Up Trans and Changing the World by Juno Roche

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This was such an authentic and empowering audio book  - despite being such a short read, it has so beautifully captured the voice of young trans/non-binary people and their journeys of gender exploration into becoming their true authentic selves.

Through a series of interviews with trans youth and their families, this book gracefully navigates the topics of whether people as young as 6 can truly understand their sense of self enough to question their gender identity. I loved the way these interviews have been conducted with such care and shows both the vulnerability and joy felt by trans-youths in their journeys and particularly enjoyed the ending fictional interview of the trans narrator talking to their younger self.

Whilst I am a cis-female - this book is so eye-opening to the human experience of gender and what I took away from this more so than anything else is how the trans community embraces not just living as their most authentic selves in such challenging circumstances, but is a community which is nothing short of a catalyst for change in challenging gender stereotypes which impacts everyone. An absolute must read!