If George (Melissa) says she’s a girl, Melissa is a girl. Melissa says she uses she and her pronouns, and therefore you should as well.

That’s all you need to know. Listen to what George (Melissa) says, and follow suit. You don’t need to know what’s in somebody’s pants, and nobody actually knows their chromosones without testing.

Thank you very much for your list.

I would recommend adding The Boy and the Bindi by Vivek Shraya.

Tess

So, if George prefers “she” and “her,” then George is a “transgender girl” despite having a Y chromosome, but if George prefers “he” and “him,” then we should say a “transgender boy” irrelevant of the Y chromosome? I’d always assumed that “girl” and “boy” were words related to sex, not gender. I’m still confused, but thanks for at least giving me some sort of rule to go on.

Noreen – thanks for the link. I would love to read it and add it to next year’s list!

I just wanted to leave a link to my LGBTQ friendly children’s book that is available as well. It is called “Life with Mommy… and her Girlfriend”.

I would love to see it added to your already incredible list, please and thank you.

http://www.lifewithnoreenspagnol.com

Thanks for considering sharing.

Noreen Spagnol