Story by Me + —Dancer— Name: Dina[]Age:6[]She/Her Dina grew up with her mother, Cate, and step father Jordan. Her mom and dad had gotten divorced when she was 3. She loved to play dollies with her mom and dadi. She had a bunch of friends, but her best one was named Ophelia. They hung out all the time and loved to pretend they were married. Dina was the dad, and Ophelia was the mom every time. Name: Dina[]Age:10[]She/Her Dina’s mom has another daughter, whom she names Cecelia, or Cece for short. Dina loves her new younger sister, and now she and Ophelia can play house so much more realistically. She also started to get into acting, with her school’s production of Alice in Wonderland. Cheshire Cat. Her acting teacher, Ms. Linemen says that she shows great talent, and she hopes Dina keeps acting. Name: Dina[]Age:13[]she/her[]lesbian Dina starts to get a crush on Ophelia. She starts to think “all those times we played house, I wish we were actually married.” She is afraid to come out to her mom and dadi because she doesn’t know if they are supportive or not. She definitely doesn't want to come out to Ophelia because she thinks it will ruin their relationship. She starts to act a lot more, doing 3 or 4 plays a year, sometimes even overlapping them. She is stressed, but likes how it distracts her. Name:Dina[]Age:14[]She/Her[]Biseuxal Dina gets a crush on a boy in the class above hers named Rashard. She is sort of happy that she got a crush on a boy, because that means she doesn't have to come out to people, and can fake just liking boys. She immediately asks Rashard out. He accepts and they start dating. Dina is really happy, and Rashard is actually a great boyfriend. He gives her gifts and comes to all of her plays. She starts to forget about liking girls Name: Dina[]She/Her[]Age:15[]Bisexual Lesbian Dina doens’t really feel like a girl anymore, but can’t bring herself to try to figure out if she is trans or something. She just slaps on demigirl and walks away from that problem. Rashard has become sort of distant with her, and she is afraid he doesn't love her anymore. On top of that her parents made her tone down on acting so she can babysit Cece while they are at work. She hates that she can’t do acting as much. She starts lash out at her parent, saying she hates them. Name: Tamarack[]Age:15[]He/They[]Bisexual Transgender Rashard breaks up with Dina. She is really upset and now thinks she doesn't have any reason to keep running from her identity. She came out to her parents as trans and bi. She changed her name to Tamarack and pronouns to He/They. His parents are supportive, but he has to try to dumb it down for Cecelia to understand. He kind of takes a break from acting because he doesn’t want any female acting roles that would make them feel dysphoric. They don’t really want to change how he looks quite yet because he afraid to come out at school Name:Tamarack[]Age:17[]He/They[]Transgender Bisexual Tamarack finally comes out as trans at school. He cut their hair and start wearing more masc clothes. Some of the kids at school are really homophobic. One group of kids jump him and beat him up pretty bad. He reports them to the school, and they get expelled. He is happy again. They start to get back into acting, going for the male roles. The acting teacher is really accepting, and only gives him male roles. Name:Tamarack[]He/They[]Age:18[]Transgender Bisexual Tamarack goes to college for acting. At college he meets tons of cut boys, but gets no crushes on girl. He figures out his is gay because he hasn’t had a crush on a girl in years. He asks out a boy named Charlie, and they start going steady. He is really happy now. He starts acting at the local theaters. The directors say he has a lot of talents, but his college says he has a long way to go.
