Ash Galaviz, 17, walked into the lunchroom at DSST: Green Valley Ranch High School one recent afternoon, and a bunch of friends were excited. A senior who loves an afterschool nap and watching anime, Ash is working on a book that will soon be self-published.

How they’re different from many peers is that they’re among a sliver of increasingly visible students using non-traditional gender markers. And as they leap into the truth of who they are.

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