ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders

Okay, imagine that you're playing dress up with your friends. Sometimes you might wear a dress and other times you might wear pants or a superhero costume. You can change how you look and what you wear depending on how you feel that day.

Now, imagine if someone was born and they didn't feel like they fit into just one of those categories. They might feel like a boy on some days and a girl on other days, or they might feel like neither or both. That is what being non-binary means.

In the book "She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders," a person named Jennifer Finney Boylan talks about their life and how they felt like they were supposed to be a boy when they were born, but as they got older, they realized that they felt more like a girl sometimes.

This book helps people understand what it's like to feel like you don't fit into just one gender category and how it can affect your life. It's important to remember that everyone is different and that it's okay to be who you are, even if it's not what other people expect or understand.