Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin

Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin

I've always loved my body, and now I love it even more because it fits how I feel. --Jessy

Learn your pronouns because I don't want to have to slap somebody tonight. --Christina

Transition? Everyone goes through one kind of transition or another. We go through transitions every day. Except mine is maybe a little more extreme. --Mariah

Being trans is not the next step to being gay. They are similar in that they are both breaking gender rules. --Cameron

When people say I look male or female, it messes up my head. --Nat

My family was okay with me being gay, but trans was a different issue for them. I think a lot of it was because they had no experience with it. --Luke

In Beyond Magenta, six teens tell what it is like for them to be members of the transgender community.

Susan Kuklin is the author and photographer of over thirty books for children and young adults, including No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Adolescents on Death Row and Beyond Magenta: Transgender Youth Speak Out, which was named a Stonewall Honor Book. Her work has been included in the New York City Museum, documentary films, Time magazine, Newsweek, and the New York Times. Susan Kuklin is a New York City resident.