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Identity (31 found)
Although she’s spent years in foster care, Akeema fears losing her identity if she is adopted. (full text)
Isma is a religious Muslim who reads the Qur’an and prays daily. She also loves punk rock. (full text)
When she enters 7th grade as the only black student in her class, Desiree is thrown into confusion about her racial identity. (full text)
When Zaineb arrives in the U.S. from Pakistan, she faces pressure to abandon her cultural beliefs. (full text)
Dwan is teased by fellow blacks for “acting white” and wonders why people can’t be more open-minded. (full text)
Jamal speaks standard English, can’t dance, and prefers baseball to basketball. Does this mean he’s less black than his peers? (full text)
Omar feels ashamed that the "normal" kids have parents and he's in foster care, so he tries various ways to hide his group home identity. But when his friend Joseph finds out the truth and accepts him, Omar begins to accept himself. (full text)
A feminist folk singer transforms herself into a sex object to attract money and attention. (full text)
Conor moves from the Deep South to downtown Manhattan—and discovers that he's been a closeted New Yorker all along. (full text)
DeAnna comes out to her mother as bisexual and gets a surprising response. Eventually, she identifies as a "full-time lesbian." (full text)
Starting out at a new junior high school, Crystal puts a wall between herself and her classmates. Only Alexei, a lovable misfit, reaches across the wall to befriend her.
Samantha, who is black, has a difficult adjustment to the overwhelmingly white University of Michigan.
In junior high school, Nesshell was ostracized by her peers for "acting white." More recently, she was taunted and called the N-word by white kids in a chat room. Labeled on both sides, she wonders in frustration whether people are capable of seeing her for herself. (full text)
Divine—who is gay—wonders if the rude comments will stop if he gives up wearing tight jeans and bright clothes.
Lily tries dressing in different styles—goth, girly, hip-hop, and her own normal look—to see how people react.
The writer questions his sexuality when he falls in love with a boy at his school.
Destiny is 13 when she realizes she’s attracted to women, but isn’t sure she’s gay until she meets Keesha.
As a biracial child, Nicole gets teased by those who can’t fit her into a category.
The author wants people to know that she’s a lesbian, but she also wants them to know that that’s not all she is.
As the son of a black mother and white Jewish father, Satra doesn’t fit into society’s categories and gets teased and rejected.
Ngan-Fong wants to be accepted as an American, but her Chinese-born parents want her to maintain their traditions. Can she find a middle ground?
Victoria explores her conflicted experiences as an “American Born Chinese.”
Victoria is a vegetarian, but everyone from her mother to her classmates to the school nurse thinks her choice is weird and dangerous. Since she has to spend so much time defending her decision, Victoria's diet becomes a major part of how she sees herself.
Lorraine interviews a group home resident who recounts how she came to terms with being a lesbian, comparing it to accepting herself as a dark-skinned Latina.
Karina likes to wear miniskirts and listen to heavy metal. Does that mean she isn't proud of her Dominican heritage?
Kenya, a tomboy who loves basketball, has always had a lot of guy friends—but things get complicated when she starts dating.
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Because of her past, Seandrea is out of touch with her feelings and doesn’t feel comfortable in relationships.
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