One in every crowd : stories / Ivan E. Coyote.

One: Kid I Was. No Bikini -- Walks Like -- Just Reward -- It Doesn't Hurt -- Sticks and Stones -- Bad Luck and Big Feet -- Three Left Turns -- My Hero -- Two: Family I Have. Objects in the Mirror -- The Curse? -- By Any Other Name -- To Whom it May Concern: -- Single Malt -- Thicker than Water -- Maiden Heart -- All about Herman -- Just a Love Story -- The Rest of Us -- Three: That Boy. Red Sock Circle Dance -- I Like to Wear Dresses -- A Week Straight -- The Future of Francis -- Four: Kids I Met. Saturdays and Cowboy Hats -- Schooled -- Teach the Children Well -- This Summer at Gay Camp -- Straight Teens Talk Queer -- My Name is Sam -- Nobody Ever -- As Good As We Can Make It -- Letter fr Grammar Wizard -- Five: Folks I Felt It Necessary to School in Some Way or Another, With Varying Degrees of Success. Judging a Book -- Take That -- Bully This -- Imagine a Pair of Boots -- The Bathroom Chronicles -- Dear Lady in the Women's Washroom -- Truth Story -- Six: Wisdom I Found, Learned, or Was Given. My Dad Told Me -- Spare Change -- My Kind of Guy -- I Will.

Stories for everyone who has ever felt alone in their struggle to be true to themselves. These are honest, wry, plain-spoken tales about gender, identity and family.