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Book

American teenager : how trans kids are surviving hate and finding joy in a turbulent era

Author

Nico Lang

Call Number

  • 306.768 L2712 (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

New York : Abrams Press, 2024.

Physical Description

xvii, 265 pages ; 24 cm

Summary

Media coverage tends to sensationalize the fight over how trans kids should be allowed to live, but what is incredibly rare are the voices of the people at the heart of this debate: transgender and gender nonconforming kids themselves. For their groundbreaking new book, journalist Nico Lang spent a year traveling the country to document the lives of transgender, nonbinary, and genderfluid teens and their families. Drawing on hundreds of hours of on-the-ground interviews with them and the people in their communities, American Teenager paints a vivid portrait of what it's actually like to grow up trans today.

Contents

  • Wyatt: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
  • Rhydian: Birmingham, Alabama
  • Mykah: Charleston, West Virginia
  • Ruby: Houston, Texas
  • Clint: Chicago, Illinois
  • Augie and Jack: Pensacola, Florida
  • Kylie: Torrance, California.

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