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Über 13 Jahre hinweg wird dargestellt, wie sich das nicht-binäre Kind Ari fühlt, wenn Ari zum Beispiel gesagt bekommt, wie ein Junge auszusehen hat, Kleider anprobiert, ausgelacht wird und schließlich, wie Ari den Mut findet, Ari zu sein. Die Texte sind überraschend kurz, aber aussagekräftig mit ebensolchen Bildern dazu.

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A sweet and moving picture book depicting Ari's gender journey from childhood to adolescence in order to discover who they really are.

Meet Ari, a young person who doesn't like to be called by their birth name Edward: "When I think of the name Edward, I imagine old kings who snore a lot. " Throughout this beautiful and engaging picture book, we watch Ari grow up before our very eyes as they navigate the ins and outs of their gender identity; we see how, as a child, they prefer dolls and princess movies, and want to grow out their hair, though their father insists on cutting it short, "because that's what boys look like. " At nine, they play hockey but wish they could try on their mother's dresses; at fifteen, they shave their face, hoping to have smooth skin like the girls. At sixteen, they want to run away, especially from their father, who insists, "You're a boy, so you have to act like one. " Who will Ari become?

Moving from age six to adolescence, The Name I Call Myself touchingly depicts Edward's tender, solitary gender journey to Ari: a new life distinguished and made meaningful by self-acceptance and unconditional love.