I imagine the road would have been easier, there might have been fewer scars. "I do not know who or how I would be now. "I didn't grow up with positive representations of queer or trans folks in media, in my life anywhere," Gino said. It is important for children and teens to be exposed to different people and ideas, they said. More: What is a sex act in Iowa? And how would it affect a likely school book ban? We found out: They came out as nonbinary after reading "Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us" by Kate Bornstein and learning the phrase "genderqueer." "That was my main understanding of myself." Growing up, Gino found literature that was "queer coded" but nothing similar to "Melissa." Even Gino's own book does not mirror their lived experiences because they are nonbinary and Melissa - a transgender girl - is binary. Gino does not know how they would have turned out if books like "Melissa" had been available when they were young. "Because right now trans people are unsafe, and there might be discomfort with experiencing something that you're not used to thinking about." 'All I had was different,' author of transgender children's book says "A really important point is that it is important for people to be uncomfortable in order for other people to be safe," Gino said. Gino felt the scene was written in an age-appropriate way.
Even Melissa is uncomfortable thinking about her own body. She immersed her body in the warm water and tried not to think about what was between her legs, but there it was, bobbing in front of her.")Ī story about a transgender person cannot be told without also talking about their body, Gino said. (The scene: "She took off her shirt while the tub filled waiting until the last possible moment to take off her pants and underwear.
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