The Cooper Boy

Jonathan Cooper always knew that, if he ever managed to come out as transgender in his small New Hampshire hometown, there would be trouble. But he never imagined being made the poster child for a national anti-trans campaign by a presidential candidate.

Partly a coming-out story, this book never loses track of the outsized and often cynical roles that politics and religion play in our lives. It is also partly a story about the importance of family and friends (and a sense of humor) when yo...