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'When Kaya Wilson came out to his parents as transgender, a year after a near-death surfing accident and just weeks before his father's death, he was met with a startling family history of concealed queerness and shame.

'This is a trans story.

'As Beautiful As Any Other weaves this legacy together with intimate examinations of the forces that have shaped Wilson's life, and his body: vulnerability and power, grief and trauma, science and narrative.

'This is also my story.

'In this powerful and lyrical memoir, Wilson makes a case for the strength we find when we confront the complexities of our identity with compassion. As Beautiful As Any Other is a trailblazing debut of remarkable beauty, insight and candour.'

Source : publisher's blurb

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Picador , 2021 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 304p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 27th April 2021.
      ISBN: 9781760984885

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Large print.
  • Dyslexic edition.

Works about this Work

Books Roundup: Car Crash, As Beautiful as Any Other, Flock, Gunk Baby Ellen Cregan , Sam Elkin , Alexander Te Pohe , Ting Huang , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , May 2021;

— Review of Car Crash : A Memoir Lech Blaine , 2021 single work autobiography ; As Beautiful As Any Other : A Memoir of My Body Kaya Wilson , 2021 single work autobiography ; Flock : First Nations Stories Then and Now 2021 anthology single work prose short story ; Gunk Baby Jamie Marina Lau , 2020 single work novel
As Beautiful As Any Other by Kaya Wilson Review – Urgent and Powerful Trans Memoir Bec Kavanagh , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 28 May 2021;

— Review of As Beautiful As Any Other : A Memoir of My Body Kaya Wilson , 2021 single work autobiography

'A complex tide of emotions and ideas flows through Wilson’s generous and trusting contribution to individual and collective trans narratives'

Kaya Wilson, As Beautiful As Any Other Jinghua Qian , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 24-30 April 2021;

— Review of As Beautiful As Any Other : A Memoir of My Body Kaya Wilson , 2021 single work autobiography

'“It seems difficult here for anything to become permissible without becoming compulsory,” wrote child psychologist Martha Wolfenstein in 1951. She was writing about parenting and how softening attitudes towards playtime soon transformed into a new catalogue of duties and demands. The same could be said for the entire field of gender and sexuality: acceptance of any identity or practice seems to inevitably calcify into another set of norms and expectations, a test of authenticity.' (Introduction)

Kaya Wilson, As Beautiful As Any Other Jinghua Qian , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 24-30 April 2021;

— Review of As Beautiful As Any Other : A Memoir of My Body Kaya Wilson , 2021 single work autobiography

'“It seems difficult here for anything to become permissible without becoming compulsory,” wrote child psychologist Martha Wolfenstein in 1951. She was writing about parenting and how softening attitudes towards playtime soon transformed into a new catalogue of duties and demands. The same could be said for the entire field of gender and sexuality: acceptance of any identity or practice seems to inevitably calcify into another set of norms and expectations, a test of authenticity.' (Introduction)

As Beautiful As Any Other by Kaya Wilson Review – Urgent and Powerful Trans Memoir Bec Kavanagh , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 28 May 2021;

— Review of As Beautiful As Any Other : A Memoir of My Body Kaya Wilson , 2021 single work autobiography

'A complex tide of emotions and ideas flows through Wilson’s generous and trusting contribution to individual and collective trans narratives'

Books Roundup: Car Crash, As Beautiful as Any Other, Flock, Gunk Baby Ellen Cregan , Sam Elkin , Alexander Te Pohe , Ting Huang , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , May 2021;

— Review of Car Crash : A Memoir Lech Blaine , 2021 single work autobiography ; As Beautiful As Any Other : A Memoir of My Body Kaya Wilson , 2021 single work autobiography ; Flock : First Nations Stories Then and Now 2021 anthology single work prose short story ; Gunk Baby Jamie Marina Lau , 2020 single work novel
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