Feeling hopeless and alone, Riley takes the advice of Doctor Ann, their psychiatrist, and begins blogging about their experiences as a gender-fluid teenager under the pseudonym “Alix.” Their blog becomes national news when a transgender girl thanks it for saving her life. Riley transfers to public Park Hills High School, partly as a publicity stunt to help Riley’s father’s reelection campaign, and partly because Riley suffered increasing bullying and gender dysphoria at their old school and attempted suicide.Īt Park Hills, running back Jim Vickers and his girlfriend Sierra Wells bully Riley for their ambiguous appearance. Unable to show neither their masculine nor feminine sides for fear of being perceived as only one or the other, Riley dresses as ambiguously as possible. Riley Cavanaugh, the 16-year-old child of Congressman Sean Cavanaugh and schoolteacher Sharon, is gender fluid, which for them means that they fluctuate between identifying as a boy or girl-but they haven’t come out yet. Note: Out of respect for the main character’s gender fluidity, Riley Cavanaugh is referred to with the singular pronouns they/them/theirs.
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