Q: How do I talk about the main character? A: Call her Melissa. That’s the name she likes. If you slip up and call her George, no big deal. Correct yourself if you think of it, and move on. Same thing for her pronouns. She is always a she. Always. Melissa is a transgender girl. If you are talking with someone who doesn’t know what that means, you can say that she is a girl whom the world sees as a boy, or a girl who was assigned male at birth. You can also say that she is a girl, but she’s the only one who knows it. Notice that all of these say first that she is a girl. Avoid the phrases
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