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Calvin

by JR Ford & Vanessa Ford

Narrator Vittorio Wyatt Gray

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Length 9 minutes

Language English

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Calvin has always been a boy, even if the world sees him as a girl. He knows who he is in his heart and in his mind, but he hasn't yet told his family. Finally, he can wait no longer: I'm not a girl, he tells his family. I'm a boy?—a boy in my heart and in my brain. Quick to support him, his loving family takes Calvin shopping for the swim trunks he's always wanted and back-to-school clothes and a new haircut that helps him look and feel like the boy he's always known himself to be. As the first day of school approaches, he's nervous and the what-ifs gather up inside him. But as his friends and teachers rally around him and he tells them his name, all his what-ifs begin to melt away. Inspired by the authors' own transgender child, this authentic and personal story promotes kindness and empathy, offering a poignant and inclusive back-to-school message: all should feel safe, respected, and welcomed.

Children's LGBTQIA+ Fiction

JR Ford is a nationally-known advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, specifically rights for transgender youth, along with his partner, Vanessa. Their advocacy and work has been featured in The New York Times, Newsweek, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, and "Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric." They were both founding members of the Human Rights Campaign's Parents for Transgender Equality Council. They live with their two children, one of whom is trans, in the Boston area.

Vanessa Ford is a nationally-known advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, specifically rights for transgender youth, along with her partner, JR. Their advocacy and work has been featured in The New York Times, Newsweek, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, and "Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric." They were both founding members of the Human Rights Campaign's Parents for Transgender Equality Council. They live with their two children, one of whom is trans, in the Boston area.

Vittorio “Wyatt” Gray is an experienced writer, producer, director, and voiceover artist. The voice of Donnie Do on the animated series Jason Vlogs and The Do Crew, he has also notably performed with Buzzfeed, on Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman, and as a narrator, alongside Alexandra Billings, for Rhys Ernst’s series We’ve Been Around. He enjoys any opportunity to give back to the community, educate the masses on LGBT matters, and work on his passions.