![]() The only openly gay student at eir school, David, started a Queer Straight Alliance club and Kobabe joined, feeling pleased to meet other students who were queer and/or allies. E was attracted in particular to a masculine-looking girl in eir class, but also fantasized about sex between two men. E began wearing a bra, and wished e would develop breast cancer so e would have to get a mastectomy.īy high school, Kobabe realized e might be queer. E found this to be an upsetting experience, and e still has nightmares about it. E recalls being excluded from a clubhouse because e was a “girl” (17) and being asked to put eir shirt back on at a school field trip to the beach. When Galen and Kobabe started kindergarten, e had eir first experiences with gender roles and expectations, as these kinds of beliefs were not reinforced in eir home. E grew up in Northern California with hippie parents, a younger sister, and a neighbor best friend named Galen. Kobabe wrote about eir gender identity but taped paper over those pages in eir sketchbook because e was embarrassed. ![]() ![]() The teacher suggested the students write about their “biggest secrets” (5). The memoir begins with a brief introduction, in which Kobabe writes of attending graduate school for art and taking an autobiography class. Portland: Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group, 2020. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Kobabe, Maia. ![]()
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