A powerful collection of essays from actors, activists, athletes, politicians, musicians, writers, and teens, including actress Alia Shawkat, poet Azure Antoinette, teen activist Gavin Grimm, and many others, each writing about a time in their youth when they were held back because of their race, gender, or sexual identity--but persisted.

A powerful collection of essays from actors, activists, athletes, politicians, musicians, writers, and teens, including actress Alia Shawkat, poet Azure Antoinette, teen activist Gavin Grimm, and many others, each writing about a time in their youth when they were held back because of their race, gender, or sexual identity--but persisted.