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    The Most Handsome
    The Most Handsome
    The Most Handsome
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    The Most Handsome

    By S J Martin

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    Carter, a Cape Cod boy who recently came out as transgender, meets and falls in love with a college student visiting for the summer. The Most Handsome is a short story originally published in Summer Love, an LGBTQ young adult collection published by Duet, an imprint of Interlude Press.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChicago Review Press
    Release dateNov 12, 2015
    ISBN9781941530948
    The Most Handsome
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    S J Martin

    S.J. Martin lives with his partner and their cranky, rotund cat in Washington D.C. He’s a barista by day and a writer by night. He makes a mean cappuccino and lives for good coffee, good books, and good company. The Most Handsome is his first published story.

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      Book preview

      The Most Handsome - S J Martin

      Copyright © S.J. Martin, 2015

      All Rights Reserved

      ISBN (ebook): 978-1-941530-94-8

      Published by Duet, an imprint of Interlude Press

      http://duetbooks.com

      Originally published as part of Summer Love, an LGBTQ young adult collection.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, and places are either a product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to real persons, either living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

      Cover Design by C.B. Messer and Buckeyegrrl Designs

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      The Most Handsome

      S.J. Martin

      I am probably the worst Cape Cod resident in the history of the world.

      I hate seafood. I also hate tourists and the beach. All year long, thousands of people flock to our beaches, fresh ocean bounty and quaint villages. I grew up in one of those quaint villages—Oceanside. Our town is tiny, the kind of place where everyone knows each other and they’ve all got their noses in your business. I’d love to say that I’m anonymous around there, but the truth is: I’m kind of famous.

      Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve felt like a boy instead of a girl. I came out of the closet as a gay transgender guy when I was a junior in high school, and it was big news. I came out because I couldn’t handle hiding it any more. I cut my hair, changed my name from Christina to Carter, and began wearing a binder, which flattens my breasts so I can have a more male-looking chest. Weekly injections of testosterone helped me develop more masculine traits such as facial hair and a deeper voice. What do you think of my fantastic attempt at a goatee, by the way? At the time, not many folks had any idea what the word transgender meant, and I had to do a hell of a lot of explaining. My parents were beyond confused—I had to work really hard to get them to understand. I’m sure some of you get that.

      It’s really simple actually: I was labeled a

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