It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book about Gender Identity

Theresa Thorn’s book presents a range of gender identities through several children. Ruthie is a transgender girl, and her brother Xavier is cisgender; Alex is both a girl and a boy, while JJ is neither. It explains that people make a first gender guess at birth from a child’s body, but the guess may be mistaken. Children can tell others their gender; it may remain unchanged, shift over time, or still be unclear to them. The book also notes that a gender identity may not have a particular word. Bold illustrations and back matter with references are included.