American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era by Nico Lang
American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era by Nico Lang
We were invited to an exclusive book signing event to celebrate its debut.
October 25, 2024 | BY DREW HIRSCHINGER
We were invited to an exclusive book signing event to celebrate its debut.
October 25, 2024 |BY DREW HIRSCHINGER
On October 8, GWLA was invited to Skylight Books in Los Angeles to the launch of Nico Lang’s new book, American Teenager, which documents the lives of eight trans and nonbinary teenagers across the US. Our founder, Casey Weitzman, and one of our therapists, Drew Hirschinger, were excited to attend the event and have the opportunity to hear Nico’s inspiration for the book as well as the experiences of three of the book’s main subjects.
I had an incredible experience attending the launch of Nico Lang’s book, American Teenager. Nico (they/them) discussed their motivation for writing the book, which was to share stories of trans teenagers as teenagers, in opposition to the often popular narrative of trans youth as figures of inspiration or agents of change. Hearing Nico share their experience of living with the families portrayed in the book touched on an essential part of supporting trans youth – learning about their whole life, from the exciting to the mundane.
“This book is a gift to all the trans youth and parents of trans children who may feel alone in their journey. There are truly loving and committed parents out in the world who are fighting against the hate not just for their own children, but for all of us.”
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