Gender Euphoria, Laura Kate Dale
Gender Euphoria, Laura Kate Dale
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Gender Euphoria
Stories of joy from trans, non-binary and intersex writers

Author: Laura Kate Dale

Narrator: Laura Kate Dale

Unabridged: 8 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/28/2023


Synopsis

GENDER EUPHORIA: a powerful feeling of happiness experienced as a result of moving away from one's birth-assigned gender. So often the stories shared by trans people about their transition center on gender dysphoria: a feeling of deep discomfort with their birth-assigned gender, and a powerful catalyst for coming out or transitioning. But for many non-cisgender people, it's gender euphoria that pushes forward their transition: the joy the first time a parent calls them by their new chosen name, the first time they have the confidence to cut their hair short, the first time they truly embrace themself.

In this groundbreaking anthology, nineteen trans, non-binary, agender, gender-fluid, and intersex writers share their experiences of gender euphoria: an agender dominatrix being called "Daddy," an Arab trans man getting his first tattoos, a trans woman embracing her inner fighter. What they have in common are their feelings of elation, pride, confidence, freedom and ecstasy as a direct result of coming out as non-cisgender, and how coming to terms with their gender has brought unimaginable joy into their lives.

About Laura Kate Dale

Laura Kate Dale works primarily as a video game critic, and she has also written about LGBT representation and disability accessibility for the BBC, the Guardian, and Huffington Post. Her memoir, Uncomfortable Labels: My Life as a Gay Autistic Trans Woman, was published in 2019. She is based in Surrey.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kaoru on June 25, 2021

There are quite a few essays in this book that were a very interesting read and I learned a lot from them. So, overall this gets a recommendation from me. However! A whole whoppin' 11 out of 29 segments were by the editor, and that is just too much no matter how you spin it, especially when the intro......more

Goodreads review by Anwen on October 24, 2024

Firstly, this book is incredibly important. Let's get that out of the way. This book absolutely needs to exist; it's going to mean so much to many people, and we need stories of gender euphoria and joy just as much as we need stories of dysphoria and rage. For the very fact that this book is so grou......more

Goodreads review by Hayley (Shelflyfe) on June 11, 2021

Today is my stop on the blogtour for ๐˜Ž๐˜Œ๐˜•๐˜‹๐˜Œ๐˜™ ๐˜Œ๐˜œ๐˜—๐˜๐˜–๐˜™๐˜๐˜ˆ edited by Laura Kate Dale. Thank you to Anne Cater at Random Things Tours and Unbound for having me along on the tour, and for sending me a copy of the book ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ๐Ÿ’• - ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ; ๐˜ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ข......more

Goodreads review by beth on January 03, 2023

the concept of this book is definitely a 5/5. so often works about trans folks are sad and distressing. i loved that this work focused on the feeling of gender euphoria and i enjoyed reading essays about these writersโ€™ favourite moments in their transitions. one of my favourite essays was Yas Limeโ€™s......more

Goodreads review by fer on May 01, 2022

Um livro sobre momentos positivos e de euforia relacionados a genero com textos de varias pessoas trans e nao binaries. Uma leitura muito interessante e atรฉ meio quentinho no coraรงao de ler......more