Love_and_Squal0r OP t1_j1z8wiq wrote on December 28, 2022 at 2:38 PM

Reply to comment by DownloadedBear in Jeffrey Eugendis Middlesex made me cry 😢 by Love_and_Squal0r

I would say the book takes a strong stance for intersex rights. It's set in the 70's and that is how people talked and behaved then (and still do). If anything, I would say it takes a very optimistic view towards the experience and Cal's transition. Nothing really bad happens to Cal and he's supported by his family. Many intersex people never even get the choice of how they live their life.

Outdated by who's views and standards? That is a bit of a broad opinion.

DownloadedBear t1_j20bs77 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 7:03 PM

Yeah, I don’t know. Just one of those things you sometimes hear around book spaces. Never actually looked into it before your post made me interested.

Did a quick look around google and saw an intersex advocacy group that seemed broadly positive about it and had more info about the specific condition of the book character, with the usual qualifiers of “there is no one unique experience.” Also found a short review by an intersex reviewer that was very impressed by it.