Clumsy Love: A Father's Journey Parenting His Transgender Daughter

In the summer of 2011, at a family gathering in the north woods of Wisconsin, a four-year-old named Simon—the only child of a couple from West Central Wisconsin—quietly made a bold statement. Donning oversized fairy wings, Simon’s attempt to dress as a girl stunned the extended family into silence. Four years later, Simon told their parents she was a girl a...