I expected this to be fabulous. I didn't expect to have tears streaming down my face multiple times - tears of joy and of grief. The front end of the book has some wonderful thoughts on gender, especially for those unfamiliar with various terms (e.g., sex, gender identity, transgender). I also appreciated how McBride tied "the fight for gender equity with the fight for gay rights with the fight for trans equality." Those explanations and her coming out story were important inclusions in this book, and they provided a good foundation for the content to come. And that - her advocacy efforts and life immediately post-college - is when the memoir really shined for me.