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Name: Gender Queer
Rating: 4.038461538461 (26 reviews)
Author: Maia Kobabe

Gender Queer is Maia Kobabe’s autobiographical comic that charts the author’s journey of self‑identity. Using e/eir pronouns, Kobabe describes adolescent crushes, the process of coming out to family and society, friendships forged over gay fanfiction, and the challenges of navigating gender and sexuality as a nonbinary, asexual person. Originally intended to explain nonbinary and asexual identities to her family, the work has become a touching guide for advocates, friends, and anyone interested in gender identity, offering both personal narrative and thoughtful reflections.

First publish date: 2019

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels/Graphic Memoir

Authors: Maia Kobabe

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