To ban this book is so sad. It reveals the first person accounts of how six teenagers found themselves in bodies which didn’t match what their minds were telling them. The book explored the varied family, school, church, institution reactions to this young person’s… what’s the word… internal reckoning, which moves at times on a sliding scale. From the interviews, it seemed each participant had so many aspects of all genders. No one questions if a non-athletic boy develops an interest in working out and body building. No one questions a girl who becomes more interested in makeup and fashion. These interviews show it is the same concept. Sexual conduct is not part of gender. But society seems unable to separate the two. Teens of varied socioeconomic, racial, and residential backgrounds were interviewed. Some of their family lives were excessively difficult, and fight or flight happened nearly from birth. Others had unconditional acceptance and nurturing households. Yet their experiences shared commonalities once the “ghetto” and the “gardens” (my poor word choice) were stripped away.