The main thing you need to understand about this book is that, just as it says in the introduction, this is a BASIC guide for those who do not know anything about the Transgender community, or what a Transgender individual may have to face in their day to day life.

This book educates the reader on terms used, the idea that even labeling a gender itself being rediculous, while expressing the very real negative societal stigma thrown at a transgender person. Most importantly, the author expresses a deep sense of empathy for the crimes committed against transgender individuals that have basically been allowed and reinforced by society and calls for a change to the way we classify Trans people with a term like "Gender Dysphoria" in a national "Diagnostic and Statistics Manual" alongside Pedophillia/Zoophillia.



A great read for someone who would like to learn a little bit about perspective. After reading this text with an open heart, and an open mind, I did go out and purchase the other book, "Decolonizing Trans/Gender 101". I recommend reading both texts, this one and then the other, to give yourself a better understanding of a Transgender person's experience with life.

This helped inform be, that as a Gay man with Trans friends, who thought he understood what they go through, I NEVER in my wildest dreams, would face the harsh realities my Trans brothers and sisters have to face every day of their lives.