Justin Vivian Bond
"Like Bond, the memoir is droll, pensive and filled with zingers teetering between funny and ferocious."â€”,The New York Times,Hailed as â€œthe greatest cabaret artist of [Vâ€™s] generationâ€ in the ,New Yorker,, Mx. Justin Vivian Bond makes a brilliant literary debut with this candid and hilarious coming-of-age tale.,Bond recalls in vivid detail how it looked and felt to first discover Mom's lipstick (Iced Watermelon by Revlon), and how dreary it could be for a trans/queer kid to join the Cub Scouts. Always haunted by the knowledge of being "different," Bond began to create intimate friendships with girls, and to feel increasingly at risk with boys. But when the bully next door wanted to meet secretly, Bond couldn't resist. Their trysts went on for years, making Bond acutely aware of how sexual power and vulnerability can be experienced at the same time. With inimitable style, Bond raises issues about LBGTQ adolescence, parenting trans/queer children, and bullying, while being utterly entertaining.
Autobiography,Memoir,GLBT,Queer,Nonfiction,LGBT,LGBT,Transgender,Biography,Gender,Biography Memoir,LGBT,Gay,Gender and Sexuality
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