Reddit reviews Being Emily
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Reddit reviews Being EmilyWe found 3 Reddit comments about Being Emily. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
It might be aimed a bit younger of an audience. But Being Emily by Rachel Gold is really great. Plus I live in literally the same area that it is set in so it was fairly magical for me haha.
Amazon Link:https://www.amazon.com/Being-Emily-Rachel-Gold/dp/1594932832
As /u/dandyissues pointed out Nevada was surprisingly good for the internal bits of experience. Also Being Emily by Rachel Gold was good in that it included sections from the POV of the trans character, whereas a lot of YA fiction centered around trans issues doesn't feature trans POV characters. The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff is also interesting as its a fictionalised account of the life of Lili Elbe.
(Additionally to that I really don't think Seasonal Velocities gets nearly enough love, its an amazing collection of short written pieces set against four seasons, well recommended, its not really fiction but an unusually awesome account of transness related through all sorts of means)
My experience with trans-related YA novels is rather limited (see below), but overall I would just like to see (eventual) acceptance. If it's a story about someone in (early) transition, I would like to see all the feels and doubts and hopes about everything, so that it can be cathartic for the trans reader and maybe invoke empathy from the cis reader. If it's a story about someone who is post-transition, then please make them successful at the end, because frankly we need more positive stories.
The only trans-related YA book I've read is "Being Emily" by Rachel Gold:
https://www.amazon.com/Being-Emily-Rachel-Gold/dp/1594932832
I loved this book, and not just because of the title. I've "known" that I was trans in one sense or another since just before puberty, but I didn't accept myself until I was 44 years old. However, even if I had accepted myself when I was in high school, there is no way I could have successfully transitioned in mid 1980s Memphis, TN. So reading this book allowed me to reclaim a small part of my adolescence, and provide some closure. And yes, I cried several times while reading it.