Young people speak out against fitting every person into one of two narrowly conceived gender categories.

“I just felt I was not living an honest life.”

“At my house, only one person got the mail, and that was my mother.”

In her nonfiction book, Abigail Garner demystifies the coming out process for LGBT parents and children using their voices and experiences. This excerpt focuses on the impact of coming out in the school environment with teachers, peers, and other parents.

To cover is to downplay aspects of our identity that make us different from mainstream society. Kenji Yoshino argues that, although we live in an age where the law prohibits many forms of discrimination, people still face pressure to hide who they are.