When I wouldn't leave home without my blue contacts or when I was bleaching my hair, I didn't have the language to articulate that I was trying to assimilate to whiteness. If anything, I was trying to "look normal."

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 recently did a reading at an elementary school in Ottawa, and one of the children asked me if I was a girl. I said yes. Another child commented that I had a deep voice. I responded: "Can girls have deep voices?" There was a pause and then the group responded, "Yes!"

I worry about what Trump will inspire in Canada, especially given incidents that have already occurred here since the election.

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

Art can sometimes be separate from the artist.

I have always considered the aesthetic of a project, including press photos, as a means to further the message of the art itself.