Description
At the beginning of his physical transition from female to male, then-seventeen-year-old Skylar Kergil posted his first video on YouTube. In the months and years that followed, he recorded weekly update videos about the physical and emotional changes he experienced. Skylar’s openness and positivity attracted thousands of viewers, who followed along as his voice deepened and his body changed shape. Through surgeries and recovery, highs and lows, from high school to college to the actual world, Skylar welcomed others on his journey.
Before I Had the Words is the story of what came before the videos and what happened at the back of the scenes. From early childhood memories to the changes and confusion brought by adolescence, Skylar reflects on coming of age whilst struggling to have in mind his gender. As humorous as it’s heartbreaking and as informative as it’s entertaining, this memoir provides an intimate take a look at the experience of transitioning from one gender to any other. Skylar opens up about the long path to gaining his circle of relatives’s acceptance and to accepting himself, sharing stories along the way about smaller challenges like choosing a new name and learning to shave without eyebrow mishaps.
Revealing entries from the writer’s personal journals in addition to interviews with his mother, brother, and friends lend remarkable depth to Skylar’s story. A groundbreaking chronicle of change, loss, discovery, pain, and relief, Before I Had the Words brings new meaning to the phrase “formative years.”
Before I Had the Words is the story of what came before the videos and what happened at the back of the scenes. From early childhood memories to the changes and confusion brought by adolescence, Skylar reflects on coming of age whilst struggling to have in mind his gender. As humorous as it’s heartbreaking and as informative as it’s entertaining, this memoir provides an intimate take a look at the experience of transitioning from one gender to any other. Skylar opens up about the long path to gaining his circle of relatives’s acceptance and to accepting himself, sharing stories along the way about smaller challenges like choosing a new name and learning to shave without eyebrow mishaps.
Revealing entries from the writer’s personal journals in addition to interviews with his mother, brother, and friends lend remarkable depth to Skylar’s story. A groundbreaking chronicle of change, loss, discovery, pain, and relief, Before I Had the Words brings new meaning to the phrase “formative years.”
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