Rethinking Normal
eBook - ePub

Rethinking Normal

A Memoir in Transition

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Rethinking Normal

A Memoir in Transition

About this book

In her unique, generous, and affecting voice, nineteen-year-old Katie Rain Hill shares her personal journey of undergoing gender reassignment. Now with a reading group guide!

Katie Rain Hill realized very young that a serious mistake had been made; she was a girl who had been born in the body of a boy. Suffocating under her peers’ bullying and the mounting pressure to be “normal,” Katie tried to take her life at the age of eight years old. After several other failed attempts, she finally understood that “Katie”—the girl trapped within her—was determined to live.

In this first-person account, Katie reflects on her pain-filled childhood and the events leading up to the life-changing decision to undergo gender reassignment as a teenager. She reveals the unique challenges she faced while unlearning how to be a boy and shares what it was like to navigate the dating world—and experience heartbreak for the first time—in a body that matched her gender identity.

Told in an unwaveringly honest voice, Rethinking Normal is a coming-of-age story about transcending physical appearances and redefining the parameters of “normalcy” to embody one’s true self.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Prologue: I Hate Flies
  4. 1. Blueberry Blue
  5. 2. Welcome to TU!
  6. 3. The Arin Jig
  7. 4. ā€œOh My God, There’s a Transgender Person at Our Schoolā€
  8. 5. There’s a Kid in There
  9. 6. Silver Palms
  10. 7. Far from Okay in Okay
  11. 8. Immortal Blood
  12. 9. The Magic Word
  13. 10. The List
  14. 11. The Other Guys
  15. 12. ā€œGo, Spartans!ā€
  16. 13. Family of Five
  17. 14. The Biggest News
  18. 15. Rainbow Beads, Cap and Gown, and a Neovagina
  19. 16. Creating Change
  20. 17. Mr. Sandman
  21. 18. Pause for Dramatic Effect
  22. 19. Beyond
  23. Epilogue: Bear Peak
  24. Acknowledgments
  25. Tips For Talking To Transgender People
  26. Illustrator’s Note
  27. Resources
  28. About Katie Rain Hill
  29. Copyright