Fairest, a memoir, Meredith Talusan
Type
Label
Fairest, a memoir, Meredith Talusan
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Fairest
Oclc number
1124897453
Responsibility statement
Meredith Talusan
Sub title
a memoir
Summary
"A heartrending immigrant memoir and a uniquely intersectional coming-of-age story of a life lived in duality and the in-between, and how one navigates through race, gender, and the search for love."--, Provided by publisherAs a boy with albinism, coping with the strain of parental neglect in a rural Philippine village, Talusan found childhood comfort in America from her devoted grandmother, a grounding force as she was treated by others with special preference or public curiosity. As an immigrant to the United States, Talusan came to be perceived as white. An academic scholarship to Harvard required Talusan to navigate through the complex spheres of race, class, sexuality, and her place within the gay community. She emerged as an artist and an activist questioning the boundaries of gender. Talusan realized she did not want to be confined to a prescribed role as a man, and transitioned to become a woman, despite the risk of losing a man she deeply loved. -- adapted from jacket
Target audience
adult
Creator
Subject
- Albinos and albinism -- Philippines -- Biography
- Biographies
- Transgender youth -- United States -- Biography
- Talusan, Meredith -- Childhood and youth
- Transgender youth
- Women
- Harvard University -- Students -- Biography
- Enfants immigrants -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Gender identity
- Transgenres féminins -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Females
- LGBTQ+ youth
- Albinos and albinism -- United States -- Biography
- Trans women
- Gender identity -- United States -- Psychological aspects
- Gender
- Transgender women -- United States -- Biography
- Transgender people
- Autobiographies
- Filipino American youth -- Biography
- Jeunes transgenres -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Étudiants homosexuels -- Massachusetts -- Biographies
- Immigrant children -- United States -- Biography
- Gay college students -- Massachusetts -- Biography
- Autobiography
- Identité sexuelle -- États-Unis -- Aspect psychologique
Content
Author
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Outgoing Resources
- Creator1
- Genre3
- Subject26
- Albinos and albinism -- Philippines -- Biography
- Biographies
- Transgender youth -- United States -- Biography
- Talusan, Meredith -- Childhood and youth
- Transgender youth
- Women
- Harvard University -- Students -- Biography
- Enfants immigrants -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Gender identity
- Transgenres féminins -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Females
- LGBTQ+ youth
- Albinos and albinism -- United States -- Biography
- Trans women
- Gender identity -- United States -- Psychological aspects
- Gender
- Transgender women -- United States -- Biography
- Transgender people
- Autobiographies
- Filipino American youth -- Biography
- Jeunes transgenres -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Étudiants homosexuels -- Massachusetts -- Biographies
- Immigrant children -- United States -- Biography
- Gay college students -- Massachusetts -- Biography
- Autobiography
- Identité sexuelle -- États-Unis -- Aspect psychologique
- Content1
- Author1
- Other version1
- Mapped to1