"Be Who You Are" Childrens Book

Author Jennifer Carr did not tell her "gender nonconforming" child "No, you're a boy," when at 4 years old confided "I feel like a girl inside."  This amazing mother has written  Be Who You Are to share their experience and to open minds and hearts to the concept of children who do not identify with their birth gender. Gender diverse or transgender children are often misunderstood, ridiculed, physically assaulted or shamed into acting contrary to how they feel causing lasting and damaging effects.

From Jenn Burleton, Executive Director, TransActive Education & Advocacy

"The book... is not just amazing – it’s quite simply the best children’s book about a child’s personal relationship to their gender identity that I’ve ever read. While other children’s books have primarily focused on the freedom to be gender non-conforming, “Be Who You Are” tells the story of a child who is transgender, and it does so magnificently! It’s superbly written and beautifully illustrated.

Read More in the Chicago Tribune "Meeting the challenge of a transgender child"