Cyndi grows up in small town Texas, where love is scarce, but punishment is not. Queer is a threat, silence is obedience, and cruelty is discipline. When her home becomes unlivable, Cyndi is sent to live with relatives that offer no safety and only a different version of control. With her cousin, Bonnie, Cyndi learns about identity, survival, and how to disappear in a cruel world. Six is My Name is a bleak trans coming of age novel. It is not about redemption. It is not about hope.
Cyndi grows up in small town Texas, where love is scarce, but punishment is not. Queer is a threat, silence is obedience, and cruelty is discipline. When her home becomes unlivable, Cyndi is sent to live with relatives that offer no safety and only a different version of control. With her cousin, Bonnie, Cyndi learns about identity, survival, and how to disappear in a cruel world. Six is My Name is a bleak trans coming of age novel. It is not about redemption. It is not about hope.