Transgender Memoirs

We were fortunate enough to produce the Integrated Media Tour promoting two great memoirs, Some Assembly Required and Rethinking Normal written by Arin Andrews and Katie Hill respectively.

We were fortunate enough to produce the Integrated Media Tour promoting two great memoirs, Some Assembly Required and Rethinking Normal written by Arin Andrews and Katie Hill respectively.

Katie and Arin met while each was undertaking their personal journeys towards gender reassignment. Katie was 19 years old going through a transition from male to female when she met Arin, an 18 year-old who was making the opposite transition.

The two grew close while supporting one another through the process; they ended up falling in love. They started a relationship, which later fell apart. Despite their break-up, they remain good friends.

Katie and Arin decided to share their stories in writing, hoping to shed light on the struggles transgender children and teens face, as well as the physical and emotional strain of the gender reassignment process.

rethinking normal

In Rethinking Normal, Katie shares stories about her childhood and her struggles with self-acceptance. She talks candidly about bullying and her suicide attempt when she was only 8 years old. She was bullied by her peers and, more shockingly, by her teachers and role models.

 

 

 

 

 

some assembly required

Still in high school, Arin made the decision to undergo gender reassignment surgery after many years of struggling to accept his identity as a girl. In his book, Some Assembly Required, Arin details his journey towards happiness and talks about gender and sexuality with clarity and honesty.

 

 

 

 

 

In the studio, Arin shared with us that he is now happily dating a boy, and described the roller-coaster ride through his sexuality. In his journey he has personally been through all the letters in LGBTQ. Starting as a lesbian, through the reassignment process until ultimately becoming a gay man.

Katie and Arin’s stories are truly inspirational and relatable to teens and young

adults everywhere, regardless of their gender identification. Many teens find themselves uncomfortable in their own skin and societal expectations on some level. Rethinking Normal and Some Assembly Required offers comfort, companionship and guidance for anybody who has ever battled with their identity.

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