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For many of the authors, having these issues open dialoguemakes children more comfortable with themselves. Author Marcus Ewert published a story about a little boy named Bailey who dreams about making and wearing 10,000 dresses. Illustrated by Rex Ray and titled 10,000 Dresses , Bailey receives criticism from his family and friends about his choices.

“When I wrote the book in 2008, there were no books about trans kids and that needed to be addressed,” said Ewert, 44, a gay man who will be a keynote speaker on the American Library Association’s LGBT panel during its conference in San Francisco this summer. “At the time, people told me that no one in the world would publish [10,000 Dresses ]. It’s not true now as there are many books out there that are different. There is a mini publishing explosion of queer-themed books. It was the first book to be about a trans kid.”

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