"It’s also a great resource for those who identify as nonbinary or asexual as well as for those who know someone who identifies that way & wish to better understand." —School Library Journal(starred review)In 2014,Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now,Gender Queeris here.Maia’sintensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification & confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family & society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fanfiction, & facing the trauma & fundamental violation of pap smears. Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary & asexual,Gender Queeris more than a personal story: it is a useful & touching guide on gender identity—what it means and how to think about it—for advocates, friends, & humans everywhere.°°°“Maia Kobaberecounted in eir journal, “I don’t want to be a boy. I don’t want to be a girl. I just want to be myself.” The poignant wish reflected in “the most challenged book in the US,” according to data fromPEN America, reveals the pressure and confusion so many young adults experience who are unsure why they don’t quite fit in with what is “normal” & “expected.”Maia’schronicling of eir nonbinary & asexual self within this graphic novel resonates a truth that all of us hope for—that we are all who we are, inherently unique, yet still acceptable, still wholly loveable. While we all are different, we are none of us alone in our differences.”— tanita s. davis,World Literature Today