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Virtual Event – Kyl Myers
October 19, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Magic City Books is proud to welcome Dr. Kyl Myers for a virtual author event in celebration of her new book, Raising Them.
As a first-time parent, Kyl Myers had one aspect dialed in from the start: not being beholden to the boy-girl binary, disparities, or stereotypes from the day a child is born. With no wish to eliminate gender but rather gender discrimination, Kyl and her husband, Brent, ventured off on a parenting path less traveled. Raising a confident, compassionate, and self-aware person was all that mattered.
In this illuminating memoir, Kyl delivers a liberating portrait of a family’s choice to dismantle the long-accepted and often-harmful social construct of what it means to be assigned a gender from birth. As a sociologist, Kyl explores the science of gender and sex and the adulthood gender inequities that start in childhood. As a loving parent, Kyl shares the joy of watching an amazing child named Zoomer develop their own agency to grow happily and healthily toward their own gender identity and expression. Candid and surprising, Raising Them is an inspiration to parents and to anyone open to understanding the limitless possibilities of being yourself.
This free event will be moderated by Jessica England, Secretary of the Tulsa Literary Coalition Board of Directors, and hosted on the Zoom platform. To register in advance please visit: https://magiccitybooks.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_U_kPvcpBRnS9CUznfEpNww.
Raising Them is available at Magic City Books, you can order online here: https://magiccitybooks.square.site/product/raising-them/230.
Dr. Kyl Myers is a sociologist, educator, and globally recognized advocate of gender creative parenting. Kyl’s TEDx Talk, “Want Gender Equality? Let’s Get Creative,” encourages people to rethink childhood gender socialization in an effort to break up the binary before it begins. Kyl is the creator of www.raisingzoomer.com and the Instagram account @raisingzoomer. Kyl lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with their family. For more information, visit www.kylmyers.com.
