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'When Kaya Wilson came out to his parents as transgender, a year after a near-death surfing accident and just weeks before his father's death, he was met with a startling family history of concealed queerness and shame.
'This is a trans story.
'As Beautiful As Any Other weaves this legacy together with intimate examinations of the forces that have shaped Wilson's life, and his body: vulnerability and power, grief and trauma, science and narrative.
'This is also my story.
'In this powerful and lyrical memoir, Wilson makes a case for the strength we find when we confront the complexities of our identity with compassion. As Beautiful As Any Other is a trailblazing debut of remarkable beauty, insight and candour.'
Source : publisher's blurb
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
- Large print.
- Dyslexic edition.
Works about this Work
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Books Roundup: Car Crash, As Beautiful as Any Other, Flock, Gunk Baby
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , May 2021;
— Review of Car Crash : A Memoir 2021 single work autobiography ; As Beautiful As Any Other : A Memoir of My Body 2021 single work autobiography ; Flock : First Nations Stories Then and Now 2021 anthology prose ; Gunk Baby 2020 single work novel -
As Beautiful As Any Other by Kaya Wilson Review – Urgent and Powerful Trans Memoir
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 28 May 2021;
— Review of As Beautiful As Any Other : A Memoir of My Body 2021 single work autobiography'A complex tide of emotions and ideas flows through Wilson’s generous and trusting contribution to individual and collective trans narratives'
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Kaya Wilson, As Beautiful As Any Other
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 24-30 April 2021;
— Review of As Beautiful As Any Other : A Memoir of My Body 2021 single work autobiography'“It seems difficult here for anything to become permissible without becoming compulsory,” wrote child psychologist Martha Wolfenstein in 1951. She was writing about parenting and how softening attitudes towards playtime soon transformed into a new catalogue of duties and demands. The same could be said for the entire field of gender and sexuality: acceptance of any identity or practice seems to inevitably calcify into another set of norms and expectations, a test of authenticity.' (Introduction)
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Kaya Wilson, As Beautiful As Any Other
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 24-30 April 2021;
— Review of As Beautiful As Any Other : A Memoir of My Body 2021 single work autobiography'“It seems difficult here for anything to become permissible without becoming compulsory,” wrote child psychologist Martha Wolfenstein in 1951. She was writing about parenting and how softening attitudes towards playtime soon transformed into a new catalogue of duties and demands. The same could be said for the entire field of gender and sexuality: acceptance of any identity or practice seems to inevitably calcify into another set of norms and expectations, a test of authenticity.' (Introduction)
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As Beautiful As Any Other by Kaya Wilson Review – Urgent and Powerful Trans Memoir
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 28 May 2021;
— Review of As Beautiful As Any Other : A Memoir of My Body 2021 single work autobiography'A complex tide of emotions and ideas flows through Wilson’s generous and trusting contribution to individual and collective trans narratives'
-
Books Roundup: Car Crash, As Beautiful as Any Other, Flock, Gunk Baby
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , May 2021;
— Review of Car Crash : A Memoir 2021 single work autobiography ; As Beautiful As Any Other : A Memoir of My Body 2021 single work autobiography ; Flock : First Nations Stories Then and Now 2021 anthology prose ; Gunk Baby 2020 single work novel
Awards
- 2022 finalist Australian Capital Territory Book of the Year Award
- 2021 shortlisted ACT Notable Awards — Nonfiction — Big Press
- 2019 longlisted Kill Your Darlings Awards — The KYD Unpublished Manuscript Award
