New book follows 7 trans kids coping with modern political attacks
‘American Teenager’By Nico Langc.2024, Abrams Press$30/288 pages In great-grandma’s day, they hooked. They were high-topped and dainty, too, to show off a tiny, cheeky-but-demure ankle beneath long skirts.
These days, though, they Velcro, tie, strap, or you just slip your toes into whatever you put on your feet. You gotta wear your shoes but, as in the new book “American Teenager” by Nico Lang, you wish someone would walk a mile in them first.
Seven-hundred-plus. That’s how many anti-gay, anti-trans bills were presented to state legislatures around the country last year, many aimed at minors.
As if being a teenager isn’t hard enough. With this in mind, Lang shadowed seven trans kids, to find out how they and their families cope with our current political landscape.
