Can a sadistic new principal force a girl named Janie to become a boy named James?
Seventeen year old Janie Simms never pretended her life was easy. Her father is long gone, her mother has cancer...and Janie is a male to female transgendered woman, a girl born into a boy's body.
In the past, her school has always accommodated Janie's gender identity, allowing her to participate in student activities as a girl.
Now, however, there has been a regime change. The new principal, hard-nosed Mr. Block, shames Janie for her appearance and demands that she wear gender appropriate clothing or face expulsion.
Janie is sick of Block's bullying, but she can't let herself be expelled...can she?
This 5200-word piece of transgender fiction addresses the abuse that LGBT youth still face in today's world and the courage it takes to overcome it.
Seventeen year old Janie Simms never pretended her life was easy. Her father is long gone, her mother has cancer...and Janie is a male to female transgendered woman, a girl born into a boy's body.
In the past, her school has always accommodated Janie's gender identity, allowing her to participate in student activities as a girl.
Now, however, there has been a regime change. The new principal, hard-nosed Mr. Block, shames Janie for her appearance and demands that she wear gender appropriate clothing or face expulsion.
Janie is sick of Block's bullying, but she can't let herself be expelled...can she?
This 5200-word piece of transgender fiction addresses the abuse that LGBT youth still face in today's world and the courage it takes to overcome it.
