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* In the novella ''Seven Minutes'', by Grace Kilian Delaney, the character Devon wears makeup and skirts while identifying himself as a guy. The novella was expanded and republished in 2020 under the title ''Seven Minutes in Vegas''. Content note: explicit sexual scenes, instances of physical/verbal abuse, discrimination, gun violence, use of deadly weapons, anger issues, and substance abuse. | * In the novella ''Seven Minutes'', by Grace Kilian Delaney, the character Devon wears makeup and skirts while identifying himself as a guy. The novella was expanded and republished in 2020 under the title ''Seven Minutes in Vegas''. Content note: explicit sexual scenes, instances of physical/verbal abuse, discrimination, gun violence, use of deadly weapons, anger issues, and substance abuse. | ||
* In the young-adult book ''Girl Mans Up'', by M.E. Girard, the protagonist Pen is a gender-nonconforming lesbian. Pen expresses herself in a masculine manner, though she doesn't use the term [[butch]]. Pen thinks the following in regards to her classmate Blake: | * In the young-adult book ''Girl Mans Up'', by M.E. Girard, the protagonist Pen is a gender-nonconforming lesbian. Pen expresses herself in a masculine manner, though she doesn't use the term [[butch]]. Pen thinks the following in regards to her classmate Blake: | ||
{{quote|I think maybe she could be my girlfriend. I don't want to be her girlfriend, though. But there's this part of me that totally knows I could be her boyfriend. I don't want her to think of me as a boy, or a boy substitute, though. I want to be a boyfriend who is a girl. I have no idea how to explain that stuff to anyone, let alone a girl I like. I just wish it was already all understood.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rick Riordan's review of Girl Mans Up |author= |work=Goodreads |date=31 January 2019 |access-date=30 September 2021 |url= https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2696916013?book_show_action=true}}</ref>}} | {{quote|I think maybe she could be my girlfriend. I don't want to be her girlfriend, though. But there's this part of me that totally knows I could be her boyfriend. I don't want her to think of me as a boy, or a boy substitute, though. I want to be a boyfriend who is a girl. I have no idea how to explain that stuff to anyone, let alone a girl I like. I just wish it was already all understood.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rick Riordan's review of Girl Mans Up |author= |work=Goodreads |date=31 January 2019 |access-date=30 September 2021 |url= https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2696916013?book_show_action=true}}</ref>}} Content note: "there are multiple scenes of sexual assault/intended sexual assault where a lot of manipulation and gaslighting happens".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Artcentric asked: Hello, I am a teacher. Is this book appropriate for 6th grade students? Thank you. |author= |work=Goodreads |date= |access-date=30 September 2021 |url= https://www.goodreads.com/questions/1044998-hello-i-am-a-teacher-is-this-book}}</ref> | ||
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