Why people recommend it
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe is an autobiographical graphic novel depicting the author's journey of gender identity and self-discovery. On Timcast IRL, the host Tim Pool frequently brought up the memoir to discuss ongoing controversies surrounding library access, school curricula, and age appropriateness, criticizing platforms and educators for making sexually graphic content available to minor children. During a segment with Tayler Hans, the host introduced the book to debate its themes and the author's life story, and later referenced showing the book to Marian Williamson during a broadcast. Guests and co-hosts on the show, as well as external commentators, heavily critiqued the inclusion of the memoir in school libraries and union recommendations. For instance, Megyn Kelly discussed on The Megyn Kelly Show how teachers unions recommended the title, while Tim Pool and other contributors argued against its presence in schools by pointing to publisher age ratings and concerns over graphic illustrations within the narrative.
Who recommended it
- Tim Pool Discussed
- Libby Emmons Discussed
- Charlie Kirk Discussed
- Michael Knowles Discussed
- Brett Dasovick Discussed
- Kimberly Guilfoyle Discussed
- Megyn Kelly Discussed
- Chaya Raichik Discussed
- Scott Presler Discussed
- Michale Graves Discussed
- Ian Crossland Discussed
Tim Pool — 11 mentions
Discussed
“Do you think that um the book gender queer should be given to children?”
Discussed
“Do you think that um the book gender queer should be given to children? I don't know. I'm not familiar with the book but I assume no. It's it's the it's the book that um Amazon listed at 18 plus but it was put in school curriculums.”
Discussed
“like for instance many liberals are okay with books like genderqueer and this book is gay which contains sexually graphic images they're okay with those books being given to minor children for whatever reason”
Discussed
“I think that if you actually you know what I don't think this I know this if you go to your average American and you show them the book genderqueer for instance you've heard about this book I've heard about it and it's got graphic images in it it's a pretty messed up book”
Discussed
“because I've made so many points about this but uh nuans bro have you read this book I I'm familiar with the genderqueer book did you read it I did not read it”
Discussed
“you know one thing we've referenced quite a bit is this book genderqueer that we have here without getting into this for the 800th time”
Discussed
“we did see however with books like genderqueer when parents go to school board meetings and read the book they get ejected for reading pornographic material in public”
Discussed
“so this is genderqueer and NPR just wrote it right”
Critiqued
“one thing that I've been talking about quite a bit and I'd love to talk with you Tyler about it is this book genderqueer”
Critiqued
“we see these books like we got genderqueer sent to the table Ian bought it and you look at the images in this and you're like Amazon says this book is for adults only but they're giving it to grade school kids and putting it in their Library”
Discussed
“and you showed them the book genderqueer”
Libby Emmons — 2 mentions
Discussed
“and is just discovering that for the first time sounds a lot like that book that we bring up periodically the one that's in front of you yeah genderqueer yeah”
Discussed
“i bought a copy of genderqueer because we were writing about it a lot and i was like i should just take a look at this book”
Charlie Kirk — 1 mention
Critiqued
“but did you see the the teachers unions recommended gender queer”
Michael Knowles — 1 mention
Critiqued
“it's the book genderqueer”
Brett Dasovick — 1 mention
Discussed
“genderqueer not even conservatives are reading that book and they really should that's funny”
Kimberly Guilfoyle — 1 mention
Discussed
“whether it's by abusive parents like the book that you mentioned Tim um genderqueer going through that growing up in an abusive you know environment and just questioning you know your idea”
Megyn Kelly — 1 mention
Critiqued
“an 11 year old... went to his school board meeting to talk about a book that he found in his library and the age advisor on this book is 14 years or older... I was in the library and this book was on a stand I'd like to read you a page... Obviously you can see where this is going...”
Chaya Raichik — 1 mention
Discussed
“for people who can't say we have uh the genderqueer book Ian bought that and one and we talked about how it's like I don't want to give this person money”
Scott Presler — 1 mention
Critiqued
“especially we were just talking about this earlier that this book to people who don't know genderqueer is in schools across the country and we've had principles we've had school boards fight to keep it in schools and it says things that I would never say to a child let alone my mother or other adults”
Michale Graves — 1 mention
Discussed
“you know what you know and why you know it um and not just well you know because gender queer book told me that and so therefore that's the way that I feel”
Ian Crossland — 1 mention
Discussed
“these are these are books that are rated this one right here genderqueers gender queer I don't know if you guys have seen we've had that in my testimony two days ago in the senate in Harrisburg 18 and up on Amazon but these books are in grade school libraries”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 8
Discussed
“I showed her the in the in the the the gender queer book and she went oh and she's like I don't want to look at that”
Discussed
“But then you have another really great example, of course, is the book 'Gender Queer.' When the left was claiming to ban books, it's like, well, yeah, the ones that have porn in them.”
Critiqued
“And so genderqueer is one example of this”
Discussed
“I opened genderqueer and showed her and she goes I don't care about that and I don't believe in censors I'm sorry I'm not trying to re-ash that yeah trying to make a point just about Sam”
Discussed
“I wasn't there and I didn't see you I'm not putting words in your mouth Emma but that uh to have access to to be able to see pornography like you were writing specifically genderqueer and then she I she she didn't give like a good direct answer because they shoot”
Discussed
“I I think that if you actually you know what I don't think this I know this if you go to your average American and you show them the book genderqueer for instance you've heard about this book I've heard about it and it's got graphic images in it”
Discussed
“so you know one thing we've referenced quite a bit is this book genderqueer that we have here without getting into this for the 800th time for everyone who's listening you've got places like Loudoun County which is literally 30 seconds away from where we are right now you drive 30 seconds”
Recommended
“So one thing that I've been talking about quite a bit and I'd love to talk with you Tyler about it is this book genderqueer”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
- 1984
- The Autobiography of Mr. James Dawson
- This Book Is Gay
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- White Fragility
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“by the way thank you I didn't know what we were doing today but thank you for leaving this gender queer book in front of my uh microphone”