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The inspiring true story of your transgender young lady, her indistinguishable twin brother, and an ordinary American family's astonishing journey to comprehend, nurture, and rejoice the uniqueness in us all, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning technology reporter for The Washington Post. When Wayne and Kelly Maines adopted identical twin guys, they thought their lives were complete. But it wasn't a long time before they found a marked difference between Jonas and his brother, Wyatt. Jonas preferred sports and pickup trucks and many of the things little guys were "supposed" to like; but Wyatt liked princess dolls and dress-up and participating in Little Mermaid. By enough time the twins were small children, misunderstandings over Wyatt's insistence that he was feminine began to rip the family apart. In the years that followed, the Maineses arrived to question their long-held views on gender and identification, to accept and adopt Wyatt's changeover to Nicole, and to undergo an emotionally wrenching change of their own that would change almost all their lives forever. Becoming Nicole chronicles a quest that could have destroyed a family group but instead brought it closer together. It's the tale of a mother whose instincts told her that her child needed love and approval, not ostracism and disapproval; of your Republican air push veteran father who overcame his deepest doubts to become a vocal advocate for trans privileges; of a loving brother who bravely trapped up for his twin sister; and of a town compelled to confront its prejudices, a school compelled to rewrite its rules, and a courageous community of transgender activists motivated to make their voices observed. Eventually, Becoming Nicole is the storyline of an extraordinary young lady who fought for the to be herself.
