American Teenager, with author Nico Lang

There is no shortage of media coverage sensationalizing the fight over how trans kids should be allowed to live, but what is incredibly rare in this conversation are the voices of those at the heart of this debate: transgender and gender non-conforming youth themselves. To write their groundbreaking book, award-winning journalist Nico Lang spent a yearshadowing seven families of trans and gender non-confirming teens across the country. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with young people, their families, and themembers of their diverse communities, Lang paints a stunning portrait of what it means tobe a trans kid in the US today.

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