Symptoms of Being Human
Symptoms of Being Human
Author: Jeff Garvin
Desc: The first thing you’re going to want to know about me is: Am I a boy or am I a girl? Riley Cavanaugh is many things: Punk rock. Snarky. Rebellious. And gender fluid. Some days Riley identifies as a boy and others as a girl. The thing is…Riley isn’t exactly out yet. And between starting a new school and having a congressman father running for reelection in uber-conservative Orange County the pressure—media and otherwise—is building up in Riley’s so-called “normal” life. On the advice of a therapist Riley starts an anonymous blog to vent those pent-up feelings and tell the truth of what it’s REALLY like to be a gender fluid teenager. But just as Riley’s starting to settle in at school—even developing feelings for a mysterious outcast—the blog goes viral and an unnamed commenter discovers Riley’s real identity threatening exposure. Riley must make a choice: walk away from what the blog has created—a lifeline new friends a cause to believe in—or stand up come out and risk everything.