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Gender Queer: Book Guide, Author and Facts

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe: plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.

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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. Now, Gender Queer is here. 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 fanfiction, and facing the trauma and fundamental violation of pap smears.

Quick facts about Gender Queer

  • Title: Gender Queer
  • Author: Maia Kobabe
  • First published: 2019
  • Genre: literature, lgbtq biography and memoir, stonewall book awards
  • OpenLibrary ID: OL21337755W

Where to read Gender Queer

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe is widely available in print, ebook and audiobook editions from major retailers and libraries.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Gender Queer about?

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.

Who wrote Gender Queer?

Gender Queer was written by Maia Kobabe.

When was Gender Queer published?

Gender Queer was first published in 2019.

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