Finn A Evans / Ramonah N.J. Gibson
After moving to yet another new school and unexpectedly making friends with a hypermasculine trans ally, a gender-questioning teenager must fight back against bullies, friends, and his mother to finally embrace his identity as a trans boy. Content warnings: transphobia, conversion therapy, detransition, drugging, drug abuse'A gem of trans joy in this increasingly transphobic landscape... Real Boy isn’t just trans inclusive, it’s trans-first. ' - Jesse Smith, Transwrites'A close and sympathetic look at the difficulties and rewards in the life of a trans child... particularly useful to parents of young people starting to find that their gender identity is not what is expected of them.' - Julian Swainson, Norwich Eye'Rings painfully true. Real Boy follows in the path of traditional fairy tales; it is not pretty, nor is it kind - but it holds a vital message that it would be foolish to ignore.' - Robyn Holdaway, Actor