Before I Had the Words

"A must-read for anyone who is trans or has trans family or friends."—Chase Ross, trans activist, speaker. Revealing entries from the author''s personal journals as well as interviews with his mot ...

"A must-read for anyone who is trans or has trans family or friends."—Chase Ross, trans activist, speaker. Revealing entries from the author''s personal journals as well as interviews with his mother, brother, and friends lend remarkable depth to a groundbreaking memoir of change, loss, discovery, pain, and relief.At the beginning of his physical transition from female to male, then-seventeen-year-old Skylar Kergil posted his first video on YouTube. In the months and years that followed, he recorded weekly update videos about the physical and emotional changes he experienced. Skylar''s opennes