![]() ![]() ![]() Love, who has been a theatre actor for the last decade, revealed that she initially intended to have Julian encounter drag queens on their way to a ball-until she saw the significance of mermaids to trans people.Ī daydream sequence in which Julian turns into a mermaid. Love says that at the same time, she was also “watching RuPaul’s Drag Race and thinking a lot about costumes and what a profound thing playing dress-up actually is, and how to tell a story in which that particular magic is quietly celebrated.” “Talking to him and thinking about his journey got me curious about what kind of literature there is out there for kids who might be asking themselves these questions, and I started reading blogs of families who had children who were questioning their gender,” says Love. She says that these discussions with her friend influenced her to do some research which led directly to Julian is a Mermaid. “He was in his 50s when he finally was able to live like a man, and that was the result of some pushback when he was younger.” ![]() “I have a friend who is trans, but he didn’t transition until much much later in life,” Love tells PinkNews. Jessica Love took five years to create Julian is a Mermaid. ![]()
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