My Dad Thinks I’m a Boy?!. Sophie Labelle

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      A Trans Positive

       Children’s Book

      Sophie Labelle

      Hi! My name is Stephie. I’m 7 years old.

      I like bugs, Ninja Dog, and all sorts of books.

      The thing I like the most is watching

       horror movies late at night.

      My favorite thing to eat is spaghetti.

      I like every kind of pasta and I could have

       spaghetti for every meal.

      And also,

      You’d think that’s pretty easy

       to understand, right?

      Well, not for my

      My dad thinks

       I’m a boy named

      who likes wrestling and fishing.

      But that’s what my dad likes.

      He keeps saying that I’m going to change my mind

       about being a girl named Stephie who likes

       bugs, Ninja Dog, and all sorts of books.

      He’s a very stubborn adult.

      I think it’s because when I was born, the doctor was a bit confused and thought I was a boy since my body looked like many boys’ bodies.

      Uh…it’s a boy? I guess?

      But not everybody looks the same!

       Doctors are also adults.

       They can’t always be right.

      So, my parents raised me as a boy named Stephen until I could talk and tell them they were all wrong.

      My mom understood pretty quickly. She started to call me Stephie…

      …but my dad still doesn’t get it.

      Whenever I go to visit his house, I know he’s gonna say that I’m his son and keep calling me by my old name.

      I try to be patient with him.

      It can be hard for adults sometimes.

      I agree to go fishing with him and try to look like I’m having fun, even though I really don’t like it.

      He wants me to put worms on my hook, but I like them!

      “Help me!”

      We go to see wrestling matches together because he wants to do “father-and-son” activities.

      I don’t like it, but whatever makes him happy.

      Oh, and last year at Halloween, I wanted to go trick-or-treating as a space sorceress…