“The Missing Person” by Jennifer Finney Boylan

In How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity edited by Michael Cart. Bowen Press / Harper Teen, 2009.

Cross-dressing/Transgender – High School

“All that time, trapped in the walls of your own house and no one even knowing you’re there?”

To Jimmy, who has just ventured out for the first time dressed as a girl in his sister’s clothes, his mother’s surprised comment about a missing girl makes painful sense.

This short story is highly recommended.