My intention was never to write a "trans novel" - which is perhaps an effective strategy for writing a trans novel.

Children's books have great potential to reveal new possibilities to readers, because the intended audience is at an age of genuine learning.

Now is not the time for Canadians to be sanctimonious. It is time for us to be prudent and active.

I am more likely to get paid for my art if it's presented alongside a white artist, so the questions around value and agency arise: What choices should I make, or do I have to make, if I want to be compensated for my work? Why isn't my art valued on its own?

I couldn't write about love without writing about hate - specifically, how the experience of hatred embeds itself in the body and prevents love from entering or leaving.

Children are receptive to talking about gender creativity, confirming the importance of the book as a means to instigate this dialogue at an early age.

I think white artists have a responsibility to be not only naming white supremacy, but to be using their power and privilege to support artists of color.