This is only a trans book if every other memoir is a “woman book” or a “man book”. I can’t write a book in which I’m not trans, because I am, and obviously it is relevant. I understand that it’s interesting to people, but it’s really, really boring to me, at this point.”Lees went to the publisher with the idea for What It Feels Like For A Girl in 2013. In the book, Byron seems not to judge the men who pay a young teenager for sex. You grow up and you don’t feel safe at home, you don’t feel safe walking down the street.

Source: The Guardian May 22, 2021 09:00 UTC