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Queer durch den Regenbogen
Eine Kleinstadt in Süddeutschland: Nachdem Ava auf einer Party beim Knutschen mit Paula gesehen wird, ist die Aufregung groß. Ava wird vor der gesamten Schule als lesbisch geoutet, gemobbt und ausgegrenzt. In Berlin soll alles besser werden. Dort findet Ava einen Ausbildungsplatz und eine neue Identität — outet sich als trans und nennt sich fortan Leo. Doch das soll nicht das letzte Coming-out in Leos Leben gewesen sein.
Ein fiktiver Roman mit autobiografischen Zügen.
Ein fiktiver Roman mit autobiografischen Zügen.
- GenresQueer
385 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 29, 2023
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July 3, 2025
I was honestly very excited to read this book because of the positive reviews I saw and because of the trans representation... when I started it, I had a hard time getting into it but I thought that was just because how my personal experience as trans person felt extremely different but now I had to stop reading... Some of the infos, besides everything feeling very unrealistic, are harmful in my opinion.
The book talks about Binders and while it mentions that one shouldn't wear a binder for 24 hours (duh) it never mentions the actual time limit being 8 hours or else you risk serious injuries to your rib cage.
It also says you can swim and do basically anything with a binder on which is not true! There are special binders for swimming and working out but those aren't mentioned and it's dangerous to do that with a regular binder.
I get that some people may like the book and the representation but for me it was being too vague with important information that young trans people might use for themselves and too elaborate on for example sexual things.
I feel that if you include Info's on how to wear a binder, you need to do it right and make sure no one injures themselves.
On another note, I personally disliked the way the book portrayed big cities, especially Berlin. Yes, rural areas are surely worse regarding trans- and homophobic behavior but making it sound like the moment you step into a big city everything is doable (like getting a spontaneous haircut in London with a barber) sets a picture that's too one sided and feels like romanticising big cities.
The book talks about Binders and while it mentions that one shouldn't wear a binder for 24 hours (duh) it never mentions the actual time limit being 8 hours or else you risk serious injuries to your rib cage.
It also says you can swim and do basically anything with a binder on which is not true! There are special binders for swimming and working out but those aren't mentioned and it's dangerous to do that with a regular binder.
I get that some people may like the book and the representation but for me it was being too vague with important information that young trans people might use for themselves and too elaborate on for example sexual things.
I feel that if you include Info's on how to wear a binder, you need to do it right and make sure no one injures themselves.
On another note, I personally disliked the way the book portrayed big cities, especially Berlin. Yes, rural areas are surely worse regarding trans- and homophobic behavior but making it sound like the moment you step into a big city everything is doable (like getting a spontaneous haircut in London with a barber) sets a picture that's too one sided and feels like romanticising big cities.
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