Justin Vivian Bond retraces childhood :: backwards & in high heels

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Justin Vivian Bond retraces childhood :: backwards & in high heels
by Scott Stiffler
EDGE Contributor
Tuesday Sep 13, 2011

http://www.edgeboston.com/entertainment/culture/features//124544/justin_vivian_bond_retraces_childhood_::_backwards_&_in_high_heels

It's difficult to pin down exactly what sort of literary debut Justin Vivian Bond has made with "Tango: My Childhood, Backwards and in High Heels."

Is it a bruising chronicle of gender identity struggles, told from the other side of the mountain? Is it the funny/sad tale of a budding trans kid cut down by small minds before he could bloom? Is it a steamy bisexual tween-to-teen confession of first base romps with chicks and dangerous role-playing liaisons with the neighborhood bully?