Nico Nobles

I only heard a preview of the book and it's extremely transphobic. The author's language and the way she refers to being trans as some kind of "disease" is horrible. I'm a trans teenager, and it really hurts knowing that transphobic parents and people are reading this book and more than likely treating their trans kids badly. We are not an "epidemic". It's simply that teenagers are (yes, going through puberty, just like everyone else) realizing who they want to be and expressing themselves in a way that makes them comfortable. Instead, Shrier paints this as an "illness" of some sort. I was surprised to see that this book was published fairly recently. This seems like a book from an extremely transphobic time such as 1970 when being trans or LGBTQ was a "mental illness". I'm disturbed and offended by the fact she Abigail Shrier says it's not transphobic. How are you going to say you (or the book) aren't transphobic, yet write a book that CLEARLY endangers trans youth and children who want to cut their hair, use different pronouns, or dress a certain way?! It's terrible. As a side note, I am wondering where her medical information and studies are, as it seems she doesn't have any. Where are the studies that say trans boys and men are happy with who they are and sure of themselves? Sure, there are a few true things about this book, but it's overall biased, transphobic, and clearly inappropriate.