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Maia Kobabe

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Maia Kobabe is a trans author, a voracious reader, a kpop fan, and a daydreamer. You can learn an astonishing number of intimate details about em in GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR and in eir short comics and writing published by The New Yorker, The Nib, NPR, Time Magazine, The Washington Post and in many print anthologies. GENDER QUEER won a Stonewall Honor and an Alex Award from the American Library Association in 2020. It was also the most challenged book in the United States in 2021, 2022, and 2023. Maia's second book is BREATHE: JOURNEYS TO HEALTHY BINDING written with Dr Sarah Peitzmeier (Dutton, 2024). Eir next book is OPTING OUT, a middle grade graphic novel with Swati Lucky Srikumar (Scholastic Graphix, 2026).

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Feb 27 2026- ACLU and two anonymous trans men have now filed a lawsuit against the state of Kansas…

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hello. this message is for trans people in kansas who are looking to leave asap. I live in colorado, in a relatively cheap rural area. the hospital I work at is hiring a multitude of positions; the job is fine and the wages are adequate at worst and good at best. this is a trans-friendly community in a trans-friendly state. I am happy to act as a reference

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	Gender Queer: A Memoir 4.27 avg rating — 78,973 ratings — published 2019 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding by Maia Kobabe (Goodreads Author), Sarah Peitzmeier 4.46 avg rating — 559 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nonbinary Bunny 4.19 avg rating — 264 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harry Potter and the Problematic Author 3.79 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tom O'Bedlam 3.88 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gender Queer: A Memoir Deluxe Edition by Maia Kobabe (Goodreads Author), Phoebe Kobabe (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.76 avg rating — 38 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Thief's Tale chapter 1 3.89 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Opting Out by Maia Kobabe (Goodreads Author), Lucky Srikumar 3.88 avg rating — 26 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Thief's Tale chapter 2 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gender Queer: The Annotated Edition by Maia Kobabe (Goodreads Author), Hal Schrieve (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Dr Sandra Cox (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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ハイキュー!! 25 [Haikyū!! 25]

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“Some people are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some people are happy to live in the place they were born, while others must make a journey to reach the climate in which they can flourish and grow. Between the ocean and the mountains is a wild forest. That is where I want to make my home.”
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“Sometimes I feel like my brain is a machine built by someone who lost the instruction manual.”
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“I remember when I first realized I never had to have children. It was like walking out of a narrow alley into a wide open field. I never have to get married. I never have to date anyone. I don’t even have to care about sex. These realizations were like gifts that I gave myself.”
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Which book should the YA LGBT Books group read as our Dec 2021 Book of the Month?

If This Gets Out

by Sophie Gonzales

19 votes 42.2%

Gender Queer

by Maia Kobabe

11 votes 24.4%

Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

by Jonny Garza Villa

10 votes 22.2%

Can't Take That Away

by Steven Salvatore

5 votes 11.1%

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“Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading.”
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