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2.0

The good intentions are clear, and there's an abundance of uplifting quotes to be drawn. For what it's worth, though, I actually might've DNF'd if this wasn't so short.

As a whole it's just so underdeveloped — idealistic rather than actionable, based on theories and personal anecdotes rather than precedent or research, with complex issues oversimplified and/or glossed over. For example, challenging your privilege isn't a one-step process that you can check off before leveraging said privilege to effect social change; there's also infighting/gatekeeping within the queer community that isn't really addressed beyond a blanket statement that everyone experiences their identity differently and some identities are more oppressed than others. There's a cursory mention of intersectionality (though the term itself is never used), but not much more explanation.

It also seems to downplay the past and present sense of queer community; as mentioned in this book, it's now easier than ever to connect — assuming you have access to the Internet; not everyone does — and some members of the queer community are already doing outreach. Obviously it's not everyone, and it could be expanded (particularly globalized), but I don't think we have quite so far to go as the author makes out.