- English literature, Nonfiction, Queer, LGBT
Kai Cheng Thom grew up a Chinese Canadian transgender girl in a hostile world. As an activist, psychotherapist, conflict mediator, and spiritual healer, she’s always pursued the same deeply personal mission: to embrace the revolutionary belief that every human being, no matter how hateful or horrible, is intrinsically sacred.
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- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Kai Cheng Thom
- First published
- 2023
- Pages
- 176
- Publisher
- The Dial Press
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780593594988
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Kai Cheng Thom, MSW, MSc, is an internationally known writer, poet, healer, sex educator, and conflict transformation practitioner based in Toronto, Canada. Her work in the areas of trauma recovery, Transformative Justice, and intimacy education has been featured in Teen Vogue, the New York Times, CTV's The Social, and more. Her novel ***Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir*** was selected for actress Emma Watson's Feminist Book Club, and her children's book ***From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish In the Sea*** was read aloud by Dame Julie Andrews on the podcast Julie's Library.
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