This chapter, as you guessed, is about stereotypes, if they are real or not, and how they harm the community. This chapter is more of a sarcastic joke about scientific reasons for homosexuality and transgenderism, along with biological differences between cis or straight people and the LGBT+ community. This chapter is about labels, it includes how to choose a label, the fluidity of sexuality and gender, definitions for a few of the main sexualitys and genders, and first handaccounts and stories.
This chapter is kind of like a second introduction the book, it talks about the ability to laugh and joke around about even serious topics, the normality of being straight in our society, and when and how people first find out that they are LGBT+. The introduction of the book, which is written by David Levithan, is a true coming out story, mixed with praise for "This Book is Gay", but I think it is still worth reading. Now that the introduction, notes, and my opinion are out of the way, here's a quick summary of each chapter. ( The Reasons why I only gave the content rating 4 stars instead of 5.ġ.) The author mostly just talkes about Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans, occasionally bringing up Queer, Pansexual, and Asexual by name and only mentioning other genders and sexualites in passing.Ģ.) The author also groups Pansexual and Bisexual together, even though they used the correctly different definitions and terms, the two are often grouped together under the term, Bisexual, even though they are different.ģ.) A few of the chapters get kind of long and rambling, even though the information is good, its still kind of annoying to have a 36-page-long chapter.Įven with the few downsides the book is really good and I highly recommend reading it. "ĭespite the many plus sides of this book, I do have a few notes. As the book says "This book is for everyone, regardless of gender or sexual preference. The book is educational while also being quite enjoyable, and the author explains the many different points that the book goes over very well. Despite the book being about a serious topic and discussing some very serious points, the author does a great job of adding sarcasm and jokes into the text, alongside funny cartoon drawings and testimonies from more than three hundred LGBT+ people. "This Book is Gay" by Juno Dawson ( Formerly known as James Dawson) is a nonfiction, instruction manual style, book about The LGBT+ community.
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