title: First Year Out: A Transition Story
author: Sabrina Symington
description: Sabrina Symington's <i>First Year Out</i> is a gorgeous graphic novel about the main character, Lily's, experiences through her transition. It's a warm and moving story, beautifully illustrated, that will resonate with many people. I loved the inclusion of a diverse cast of characters who experienced their gender in different ways, as well as the focus on Lily in particular. It was good to see Lily and her friends answering some of the questions trans people hear a lot, in ways that should be accessible to anyone. This would be a useful book for parents, partners, friends, and colleagues of trans people to read to gain a better understanding. <b>I expect that <i>First Year Out</i> will end up being a good friend to many trans people embarking on their own journeys</b>. Author: Meg-John Barker, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the Open University and Co-author of How to Understand Your Gender<br /><br />I laughed and I cried. I personally identified with many of the situations ... <b>This is not only a great guide for transgender people, but for allies as well.</b> Author: Carla Lewis, Transgender Advocate<br /><br />Sabrina Symington's work is beautiful but she isn't afraid to show the ugly side of transition too, making this a story all trans girls can relate to. Author: Charlie Craggs, Transgender Activist and #1 on The Observer's 2016 New Radicals list<br /><br />
zlib_text: Bears Seeking Bride
  Double Trouble
  Ashley Hunter
  
  � Copyright 2015 by Ashley Hunter
   
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  This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to any
  person, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
  First edition, 2015
  
   
   
  I.
   
  College hadn’t turned out the way Sabrina had planned. In high school, she dreamed about college, fantasizing about how much
  better it would be. She’d been shy, short, and heavy, but dreamed that university life would change her for the better.
  She lost the weight by working hard over the latter part of her last year of high school and the summer before she arrived at her
  new university. She even was able to start a conversation with her new roommate, Delia, on move-in day at the university
  apartments. She’d hoped to live in the dorms, but her father preferred her t