Are You OK? Volume One (Trade Edition)
Details: 8x10in, 120 pages, 34 selected portraits and interviews.
A nonfiction book about parents loving their trans children. Photographs and interviews from award-winning documentary ‘Are You OK?’ featuring transgender, gender-fluid and non-binary youth with supportive families for young adult readers. LGBTQ kids and loving parents need their joyful stories to be heard. Includes family resources about understanding gender identity.
Participants Included: Ora, Age 16, Illinois - Sky, Age 14, North Carolina - Halaya, Age 15, Virginia - Max, Age 14, Texas - Augusta, Age 9, Wisconsin - Juls, Age 23, Florida - Asher, Age 12, South Dakota - Coco, Age 13, Utah - Reece, Age 8, Pennsylvania - Kro, Age 15, Tennessee - Noa, Age 24, Florida - Ella, Age 8, Missouri - Camden, Age 16, Oklahoma - Samuel, Age 15, New Mexico - Olive, Age 16, Alabama - JP, Age 20, Massachusetts Marlene, Age 17, Indiana - Mo, Age 13, Utah - Keil, Age 12, North Carolina - Mike, Age 10, Wyoming - Kristal, Age 10, Missouri - Cal, Age 8, Texas - Auggie, Age 16, Georgia - C, Age 19, Texas - Timber, Age 12, Iowa - Justin, Age 15, Texas - Brecker, Age 11, Iowa - Elliott, Age 21, Pennsylvania - Alex, Age 12, Kentucky - Daniel, Age 13, Arizona - Lucas, Age 13, Mississippi - El, Age 12, Minnesota - Noelle (not pictured), Florida - Jamie, Age 15, Wisconsin
Volume Two (Collector’s Edition) will be released mid 2024.
This will be a large format traditional art book, with higher end paper and materials hand selected and designed by me, and produced by an award-winning art book printer in New Hampshire. Book cloth bound and foil stamped, 250+ pages. This will be a more expensive but much more striking book for collectors and art enthusiasts with a beautiful bright cover that will fit perfectly in the stack of art books on your coffee table. Featuring a much larger group of participants from the project, as well as a long form personal essay about my connection to trans survival and the effects of growing up with grandparents who survived the Holocaust, an introduction from art critic and historian Danielle Amodeo, ephemera from the road, hand written thank you cards and personal emails from youth and parents, QR codes linking to audio interviews and much more. This is the book that I have envisioned since the beginning, and is a much more personal and expansive edition.
Participants Included: TBD