3/11/14, 10:51 AM The Gender Book Everyone Should Read Page 1 of 9 http://www.buzzfeed.com/lilyhiottmillis/the-gender-book-everyone-should-read This is The Gender Book. When Mel Reiff Hill and Jay Mays’ gender-variant friend needed to give something to his mother that would help explain what was going on with him, they began to create a solution. thegenderbook.com It has 69 colorful pages.
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3/11/14, 10:51 AMThe Gender Book Everyone Should Read
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This is The Gender Book.When Mel Reiff Hill and Jay Mays’ gender-variant friend needed to give somethingto his mother that would help explain what was going on with him, they began tocreate a solution.
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It’s beautiful. And super informative.
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The creators, Hill and Mays, wanted to make sure itrepresented a wide range of people:
We acknowledge that we as creators are pretty gender fabulous, but couldnever speak for other people’s experiences. Our intention wasn’t to beexperts on anything but to share the diversity of a big awesome community(geographically, ethnically, generationally, etc). We wanted as many voicesto speak for themselves as possible in the project.
They used personal examples from people whoresponded to online surveys.
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For example: “Sometimes I have to hide under the pretext of being ‘male’ or‘female’ for the sake of surviving, and moving through the world with (some) ease.But I’m still me, despite whatever mask I may be forced to hide beneath. And nomatter what, I try to be as true to myself as the situation allows.”
The book was designed to help both allies andpeople who are discovering the complexities ofgender within themselves.
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They asked both “What do you wish people knewabout gender?” and “What do you wish you knew?”
They’re still collecting answers to their survey here. Although all of the responsesobviously can’t be put in the book itself, they hope to create a way for people to seeall of the responses on their website. And, although they didn’t realize it was goingto go as well as it has, they hope to publish it as a real, physical book — as soon asthey can get together the funding and find a publisher (hint: you can donate here.)
But the best part? You can download the whole bookfor free here!