![]() ![]() Amsterdam, Netherlands, Amsterdam University Press, 2019 This intensely cathartic autobiography of Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, charting eir journey of self-identity, a journey 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 fanfiction, and facing the trauma of pap smears. Rather, some assembly is always required. But more than that, it is a reminder that self-acceptance does not come ready-made with a manual and spare parts. Some Assembly Required is a true coming-of-age story about knocking down obstacles and embracing family, friendship, and first love. Arin also writes about the thrill of meeting and dating a young transgender woman named Katie Rain Hill-and the heartache that followed after they broke up. ![]() Arin reveals the challenges he faced as a girl, the humiliation and anger he felt after getting kicked out of his private school, and all the changes-both mental and physical-he experienced once his transition began. New York, United States, Simon & Schuster, 2014 In this revolutionary memoir, seventeen-year-old Arin details the journey that led him to make the life-transforming decision to undergo gender reassignment as a high school junior. ![]() ![]() Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen. ![]()
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