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Tango: My Childhood, Backwards and in High Heels

by Justin Vivian Bond

Feminist. 2011. 144p. ISBN 9781558617476. pap. $16.95.

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Witty and poignant, this memoir discusses V's queer and transgender childhood. A diagnosis of attention deficit disorder and the imprisonment of Bond's first lover/childhood bully prompt V to reflect on life as a child who did not conform to archetypical gender or sexual roles. At times sexually and violently explicit, this is a quick but powerful read. (LJ 9/15/11)

Reviewed by K.R. Roberto , Jun 01, 2016

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