Combs and Eakett do a fantastic job of providing readers an incredibly comprehensive and strongly researched—yet somehow compact—look into the history of trans identity. This vividly illustrated nonfiction graphic novel delves deep into the past, starting in the ancient world and explaining how trans identity has roots and connections to recorded historical figures from that era.
—School Library Journal (starred review)
Cameos featuring a diverse array of scientists, historians, and other experts appear throughout, offering valuable insights. . . . The attractive illustrations and broadly diverse array of individual subjects and communities are real strengths. A solid and useful introduction to a vast topic.
—Kirkus Reviews
This takes the reader on a whirlwind tour through time. . . .A fantastic primer for new readers and old, with dynamic art cleverly based on archival photos, artifacts, and images.
—Booklist
An informative antidote to the accelerating misinformation surrounding trans people, further necessitated by the "unprecedented number of anti-trans laws introduced and passed in the US."
—Shelf Awareness
A well-researched, thoughtful, engaging look at trans and gender-nonconforming people through history and from all around the world. This book is very welcoming to newcomers but full of little gems for those of us who have been reading trans histories for years. Combs and Eakett come from within the trans community, and they also pass the mic to many other trans folks of different ages, races, nationalities, and identities to share non-white and non-Western experiences. A beautiful and compassionate primer!
—Maia Kobabe, author of Gender Queer
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