Ne was there salve, ne was there medicine, / That mote recure their wounds; so inly they did tine.

“I seem to be awfully thirsty these days.” “Tessa’s the same,” said Michael. “I suppose when you’re feeding these guzzly babies it’s understandable.”

Gender expression is a central theme, and all four trans children displayed indicators or signifiers that were in line with gender-nonconforming behavior early on in their lives, so much so that the parents were able to recognize that their child was not behaving in a manner congruent with their biogender.

‘She was telling her daughter the best way to soak the fruit for black cake one Christmas.’