Gracie Jane Genderx //free\\ -

Gracie Jane felt a hot, prickly feeling in their chest. But before they could shrink, their friend Sam spoke up. "Remember last week when we learned that some stars are neutron stars and some are dwarf stars and some are binary stars? Just because you haven’t seen one doesn’t mean it’s not real. Gracie Jane’s galaxy is real."

One afternoon, while sorting buttons by color and then by feeling, Gracie Jane looked up at their mom. "Mama," they said, "when people use 'she' for me, it feels like wearing a sweater that’s a little tight in the arms. But when they use 'he,' it feels like boots that are two sizes too big. What’s the word for when neither sweater nor boots feel quite right?" gracie jane genderx

The next day at school, their teacher, Ms. Kim, asked everyone to share a drawing. Gracie Jane held up the galaxy. Gracie Jane felt a hot, prickly feeling in their chest