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Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) by Hazel Jane Plante

July 14, 2025 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR17 bingo: TBR The trans experience is messy. It’s muddled. It has no straight (heh) line. There is little synthesis of other persons trans experiences. To paraphrase a famous saying about autistic folk: if you’ve met one person that’s trans, that means you’ve encountered only one trans experience. And I think that’s what Hazel Jane Plante is going for with this one. A beautiful, painful capturing of a friendship that meant more, it’s a reminder that trans people tell these stories […]

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Jake's CBR17 Review No:25 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: cbr17bingo, Hazel Jane Plante, LGBTQIA, Little Blue Encyclopedia, TBR, trans ·
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