Susan Kuklin

Shares insights into the teen transgender experience, tracing six individual's emotional and physical journey as it was shaped by family dynamics, living situations, and the transition each teen made during the personal journey.

Transgender Teens Speak Out

Beyond Magenta

Amanda Kordeliski

I feel that this is an important book to have available to teens but also feel it has serious holes in the information provided. I have concerns about the "healthy relationships" of some teens where their partner still refuses to use the correct gender terminology. How healthy is that? While I appreciate the teens were honest and open about their struggles and experiences, more information, especially about where to go for help with mental, physical and sexual abuse should have been provided.

KADY BURNS

Having a hard time rating this. While I found their stories interesting, I could have done without the pictures and what felt like some kind of voyeurism. While I think transgender stories getting to the mainstream is so very important, I think it could have been executed better.

"Author and photographer Susan Kuklin met and interviewed six transgender or gender-neutral young adults and used her considerable skills to represent them thoughtfully and respectfully before, during, and after their personal acknowledgment of gender preference. Portraits, family photographs, and candid images grace the pages, augmenting the emotional and physical journey each youth has taken. Each honest discussion and disclosure, whether joyful or heartbreaking, is completely different from the other because of family dynamics, living situations, gender, and the transition these teens make in recognition of their true selves."--Amazon.com, viewed February 12, 2014.

Beyond Magenta Transgender Teens Speak Out

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