First line: "If radio is the medium of the ugly person then I can live my life as a voice and the world will be perfect."
LGBTQ: Transgender, female transitioning to male

"My birth name is Elizabeth, but I'm a guy. Gabe. My parents think I've gone crazy and the rest of the world is happy to agree with them, but I know I'm right. I've been a boy my whole life.
When you think about it, I'm like a record. Elizabeth is my A side, the song everybody knows, and Gabe is my B side--not heard as often, but just as good. It's time to let my B side play."

A nice, fast read giving another voice to the transgender experience. I loved the music motif and Gabe's overall dimension within the story.