SuitabookLiving openly
Evan wears nail polish and makeup, identifies as gay and pursues becoming a professional drag queen despite objections and hostility.
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Jo Ramsey - Author
A story about openly expressing identity when family disapproval, peer abuse and romantic uncertainty create pressure. Evan’s determination is central, alongside the consequences of hostility towards his sexuality and gender expression.
Sixteen-year-old Evan Granger has no problems with being gay. Despite his mother's objections, he wears nail polish and makeup to school and pursues his goal of becoming a professional drag queen. TV drag star Taffy Sweet gives encouragement and Evan's cousin Holly tries to protect him, but school bullies abuse him so badly because of his sexuality and the girly way he dresses that he ends up at the hospital emergency room. After that, even his new crush, a closeted football jock named Moe Garcia, is unhappy about Evan's choice to live his life openly gay. But even in girly clothes and nail polish, Evan is a force to be reckoned with, and he soon shows the bullies-and everyone else-that beating a drag queen up does not mean the queen is beaten down.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA story about openly expressing identity when family disapproval, peer abuse and romantic uncertainty create pressure. Evan’s determination is central, alongside the consequences of hostility towards his sexuality and gender expression.
Evan wears nail polish and makeup, identifies as gay and pursues becoming a professional drag queen despite objections and hostility.
School bullies target Evan’s sexuality and feminine clothing, with abuse leading to emergency-room treatment.
Taffy Sweet encourages Evan, Holly tries to protect him, his mother objects, and Moe is described as closeted and unhappy about Evan’s openness.
The book includes severe bullying connected to sexuality and feminine clothing, physical assault resulting in emergency-room treatment, family disapproval and a closeted love interest. Consider whether these themes suit the reader’s current emotional circumstances.
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