Sarah McBride came out at trans her senior year of college. Her memoir, TOMORROW WILL BE DIFFERENT, covers her coming out and her rise as a trans rights activist. It's also the story of how she fell in love with and lost her husband, also a trans activist, to cancer just days after their wedding.

McBride's story is one of the most compelling memoirs I've ever read, political or otherwise. Her lightning-fast move from newly-out to being the first openly trans person to speak on stage at a major party convention is head-spinning and inspiring. She's also a great writer - she is able to clearly and concisely explain not only what her experience of being a trans woman feels like, but also to place the struggle for trans rights into context, both in today's politics and in the history of civil rights movements in this country. If you are new to learning about trans people, this book is a great place to start.

I also really appreciated her continual acknowledgment of her relative privilege. Trans people are among the most marginalized in our society, but McBride sees her own advantages - white, conventionally pretty, wealthy, with a strong support network - and uses her position to advance the position of all trans people.

Her description of gender dysphoria as feeling like a kind of homesickness is the first time I've ever felt like I might understand what it feels like to be trans. As a cis person, I'll never really know that internal pain, but who hasn't felt homesick? I found that illustration so helpful.

And as for her relationship with Andy. All the tissues, all the tears. I want to write more about it but I'm already about to cry again.