Chii

Definitely offered a lot of insight into something I'm not entirely well-versed in, and a heart-warming narrative to go along with it, but Christ was it text-heavy. Chii mentioned that this book was produced, page-by-page, from her blog posts, so I understand it's necessity, but it still doesn't coalesce into digestible reading. Heh, perhaps I'm being a bit too mean; truly, there was never a bad moment as to WHAT was being said, only in HOW it was presented. For a comic, there are just too many pages dedicated to paragraphs and negative space. I guess to sum up my experience, this was my first contact into transgender literature and I appreciated my time with it (despite its presentation). If I could offer my own opinion on how to improve it, an editor, more developed illustrations (hardly any panel had so much as a background image), more pages to allow the text to flow more naturally, would have all made good improvements. I wish the best for Chii, and hope she may only improve in her skills as an author!… (mehr)

Una preciosa historia real sobre amor y transición de género en un volumen único que rompe moldes. Chii cuenta, de manera autobiográfica, los avatares de haberle asignado el género masculino al nacer y cómo debió sobrellevar su disforia hasta la edad adulta. A través de sus experiencias en las relaciones con otras personas, con el amor y con la sexualidad cuenta, aportando datos de interés sobre el colectivo LGTBI , los desórdenes de identidad de género y la reasignación de sexo, cómo consiguió llegar a convertirse en esposa.… (mehr)