3/14/2023 0 Comments Growing up trans![]() I really wondered what happened to Heidi, and if Tirzah/Troy should have gone to see her that one last time, but it ends with a boatload of hope and acceptance for Tirzah/Troy's transition, for which I think readers will be happy. It suffered a little from being, perhaps, too rushed at the end. It's a positive story that I think TG kids will really enjoy. ![]() Heidi is, herself, very conflicted with her love for Tirzah/Troy and her culture-clash as a "traditional" Muslim girl in "modern" American society. His love for Heidi drives him to deny himself for a long time, and he is still an amazing friend to her. In the end, all people wish to find love and acceptance in their lives-and Tirzah/Troy is no different. This is a deeply emotional story, with well-researched characters and moments of extreme anguish to which any teen (regardless of gender/sexuality issues) can relate. He even tries to see if his college scholarship will apply if he plays for the men's soccer team. Tirzah/Troy invests more of himself into transitioning, but his "maleness" begins to worry Heidi's parents, and that-coupled with Heidi's lies about JC-leads to some serious problems in their friendship.ĭespite bullying, and complete separation from his mother, Tirzah/Troy aims to move forward in his transition, meeting other TG persons and allies along the way. Girls on his soccer team are also cool with his transition-one is REALLY cool with it. His baffled father is supportive, to some degree. JC even threatens to "out" Troy as a girl to some skateboarding friends they share, in order to ensure Tirzah/Troy's cooperation in dating Heidi on the down-low. There are hints that this happens, but Tirzah/Troy also knows that it will only occur in private-as Heidi and all his friends still see him as a girl. ![]() Tirzah/Troy desperately wishes to be a romantic part of Heidi's life. Soon, Heidi's escapades with JC cause big problems, not just with her parents. In fact, Heidi uses Tirzah/Troy as a shield-her parents see that Tirzah/Troy is a girl, even if "she" dresses oddly, so Heidi is allowed to spend time with "her".at first. Heidi has more than a passing affection for Tirzah/Troy, but prefers to date wild American boys-including the party boy JC-against her parent's expressed wishes. Tirzah/Troy has a deep love for his best friend, Heidi, who is a Bengali girl in a deeply traditional Muslim family in the suburbs of Chicago. His mother doesn't understand Troy's dress-he's not into the frilly pink designer stuff she wishes to lavish on her "daughter" but Tirzah/Troy rarely visits his mother, who happens to be a TV news anchor in Chicago. (It is my understanding that TG persons wish to be addressed by gendered pronouns to which they identify, so I will use the male, throughout.) He is a star soccer goalie with dreams of college, these dreams shared by his involved father. His mother doesn't understand Troy's dress-he's not into the frilly pink designer stuff she wishes to lavish on her "daughter" but Tirzah/Troy rarely visits his mother, who happens to Tirzah/Troy is a male-identifying TG teen in his senior year of high school. Tirzah/Troy is a male-identifying TG teen in his senior year of high school. Troy must find Heidi, and, ultimately, himself.more When Tirzah starts to live as Troy, Heidi's family forbids the friendship. But the change could mean losing Heidi, her scholarship, and possibly her parents' acceptance. Struggling to hide her feelings for her best friend Heidi and fighting to cover up her female parts, Tirzah realizes the only way she'll ever be happy is if she transitions. But to Tirzah, none of it matters since she's stuck in the body of a girl. Struggling to hide her feelings for her best friend Heidi and fighting to cover up her female parts, Tirzah realizes the only way s On the outside, Tirzah has everything: a best friend who adores her and the potential of a full-ride soccer scholarship at her father’s alma mater, Illinois University. On the outside, Tirzah has everything: a best friend who adores her and the potential of a full-ride soccer scholarship at her father’s alma mater, Illinois University.
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