Okay, while there are way too many variations included in these stories to be a nonstop arousal fest, there's probably something in here for everyone. And tbh, I liked reading those variations. Won't lie, some of it was educational / instructional (not intentionally but by default), and this may be a good book to pick up for the curious. The tone ranges from lighthearted smut to dark & kinky to bordering on literary, so quite a range in the writing styles.Standouts for me (as they appear chronol...

Though there were a couple of stories that I didn't finish and one which continues to disturb me, I love that this collection exists and thoroughly enjoyed reading it. It made me happy to read this, to see so many different representations of transgender and genderqueer people and relationships. I can't wait to read it again.

Loved this collection. Every story good, some hit me harder than others (emotionally or heat). And very happy to see stories from Pat Califia and Laura Antoniou again, it's been years since I've read either of them.

This anthology is hands down the most deliciously sexy compilation of erotica shorts that I have ever read, and I admit to having read a lot of smut. Not a single one of the characters in these stories are cardboard cutouts or stereotypes. From characters who have been sure of their sexual identity and orientation from a very young age (though not necessarily born with the typically associated bits) to characters whose gender is as fluid and changing as the seasons, to those who just don't fit i...

I was really enjoying this book, until I came to Dixie Belle By Kate Bornstein.Why a white woman thinks it's her place to protest the removal of a slur from a book is beyond me (actually it isn't). But the repeated use of the n-word in a story that supposed to be erotic makes it anything but. (Let me tell you nothing makes my bits colder) It honestly soured the whole book for me after that. I'm bothered both by the fact that Kate would do that and that Tristan Taormino would allow that. I had en...

If you’re a regular reader/visitor, you’ll know I don’t normally interject a lot of hyperbole into my reviews. Generally, I try to keep them well-grounded and professional, with just enough personality to add a little colour and (hopefully) make them a more interesting read. With that in mind, I beg your indulgence for just a moment, as I try to sum up Tristan Taormino’s Take Me There: Trans and Genderqueer Erotica in a few words:Absolutely amazing. Beautifully breathtaking. Compellingly creativ...

In the introduction, Tristan Taormino talks about how transgender or genderqueer people have always been either sensationalized or ignored — they’re either treated like freaks or just don’t exist. For the majority of people, the concept of gender dysphoria is an uncomfortable one. Our language is sadly lacking in ways to express all of the nuances involved in describing the fluidity of gender respectfully and with understanding.The authors who contributed to this book have managed to find the ri...

One of the first times I've ever seen myself in a piece of writing.

I feel like I should have reviewed this book ages ago, but better late than never. This anthology has been out for five years now, and my first question is, why are there not more than 14 reviews at Amazon.com and none before mine at Amazon.ca? Not that that 14 is not a goodly number, but this book deserves more of them. I suspect the answer is that there are so many crappy erotica books out there that the good ones get buried amongst the dreck. And even when the good books are not exactly burie...

Un libro di cui Tristan Taormino è unicamente editor e che mi aspettavo molto più splatter ed esplicito, invece nella selezione di racconti "erotici" queer (per mancanza di altra definizione), si trova la necessità di esprimere la sessualità, il desiderio e le fantasie in prima persona , con la propria voce e con il carico emotivo che non può essere raccontato da chi non lo ha vissuto. Una buona raccolta che sicuramente colma uno spazio vuoto.

I bought this for Pat Califia, Ivan Coyote, and Sinclair Sexsmith.Pat Califia's "Christmas Story," about a small town trans guy who finds his handsome, big city Daddy for Christmas is one of my favorite short stories of all time ever. I reread it several times a year and curl up inside it because what trans person doesn't go through dry spells where no one treats us like a sexual or romantic prospect for years on end?What I also got was notable piece-of-shit Kate Bornstein's n-word filled "eroti...

I really wish we could do half stars, because I really want to give this anthology 3.5. First, I am extremely thrilled that an anthology like this exists and I was thrilled to be able to get a hold of it. I have never read a in the erotica genre (gay, straight or any other fashion thereof), and I was a bit apprehensive at first because I imagined the type of stories you find in cheap paperbacks with men with long hair and open shirts on the covers holding women in ripped bodices. I was very surp...

I really wanted to like this a lot more. I ordered a library copy of it in hopes that it would impress me, get me and my lovers off, and earn a place on my "owned" bookshelf. Granted, I didn't get through every story in the collection, but of the eight or so that I did read, I felt merely drawn in to about half of them, and never as aroused as I'd like to be from reading good erotica.From the beginning, I had mixed feelings about a cis woman editing an anthology of trans and genderqueer narrativ...

This book is a milestone in queer erotica, covering a plethora of genders, orientations, identities, expressions, and attitudes. Depending on the story, and the reader's personal perspective, this collection of 29 tales is ready-made to titillate, educate, and pontificate about what it means to be queer in today's trans-layered world, and what it means to challenge the normative narratives of arousal.It is hard to recommend this as a book of erotica, per se, because unless you can achieve a zen-...

I have waited my entire life for a quality book of erotica focused on trans people (well, trans women really, but you can't ask for the world... yet), and even beyond the fact that I'm in it (*ahem*), this is the book of my dreams. Tobi Hill-Meyer, Gina de Vries, Julia Serano, Alicia Goranson, Toni Amato, Kate Bornstein... this book is basically "all the trans writers I admire and adore write really hot pornography."

So… I read this book right after suffering through "50 Shades of Grey" so some of my enthusiasm may be in response to that, but the stories in this anthology were amazing! I realized that trying to list out my favorites was a pointless task when the list became essentially the table of contents. There is a staggering variety of people of all different genders doing extraordinarily erotic things to each other. Gender is not a crisis: some of the characters are nervous but there is no agonizing ov...

Good Points:LOTS of different sexualities and genders!Loooooots of different sexual actsExplores sex with both pre-op and post-op transsexuals as well as genderqueer individuals who augment their own bodies in order to feel right.Surprising amount of plot/characterization for an erotica anthologyThat being said, a number of short stories which despite their length were fully-fleshed out and I would love to have read more of.Bad Points:No ace representation (some of you may be saying ‘duh’ but I

Two sentence summary:Collection of short stories with trans and genderqueer characters. Some amazing stories and some I refused to finish.Reviewed as I read...So far I'm not overly impressed with this anthology because the stories are definitely more porn than story. Yes, I should've realized that when read the word "erotica" in the title, but I was hoping it'd lean more toward erotic romance - you know, with actual stories involved - and not simply smut for the sake of smut with a gender twist....

Tristan Taormino, former editor of the annual Best Lesbian Erotica series, has always preferred the kind of erotica that features unconventional gender roles, toys and BDSM to “sweet romance.” There have been a few anthologies of transgender erotica before now, but they are still very rare compared to the steady deluge of erotica for gay men, lesbians and bisexuals. Through her experience as a sex educator, an editor and the partner of a transman, Tristan Taormino has access to a large “genderqu...

One star taken away for offensive language that was completely unnecessary.