Table of Contents Foreword by Kai Cheng Thom Introduction 1. Ordinary World Secret Identity: The Matrix (Film) Trapped at Home: Dreadnought (Novel) Forbidden Desires: Magical Boy (Graphic Novel) The Call to Escape: The Sunbearer Trials (Novel) Refusal Through Fear: Shadowhunters (Series) 2. Divine Aid Human Mentor: Meet Cute Diary (Novel) Dragon Mentor: "Battlement of Straw" (Short Story) Otherworldly Mentor: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Film) Talisman: Our Flag Means Death (Television) ­Self-Naming: DC's Nubia and the Amazons (Graphic Novel) Defying the Threshold Guardian: Charmed (Television) Discovering a New World: The Affair of the Mysterious Letter (Novel) 3. Safety with Others Haven: Doom Patrol (Television) Found Family: Dead End: Paranormal Park (Television) An Uplifting Interlude: Steven Universe (Television) Finding Allies: Pet (Novel) 4. Challenge and Growth Partnering the Double: The Witch King (Novel) Following the Anim Guide: The Prince and the Dressmaker (Graphic Novel) Loving the Anim: A Lady for a Duke (Novel) Mirroring: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Film) 5. Battling Society Misgendered: Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston (Novel) Dumped for Being Trans: If I Was Your Girl (Novel) Threatened: Supergirl (Television) Forced to Suppress Legitimate Anger: Seven Suspects (Novel) Punished for Rage: Orange Is the New Black (Television) 6. Underworld Descent Descent Within and Without: The Watch (Television) Belly of the Whale: Look Past (Novel) Supreme Ordeal: No Man of Woman Born (Short Stories) Tyrant Parent: Funky Dan and the Pixie Dream Girl (Novel) Shadow as Otherself: Loki (Television) Sacrifice: Sandman (Graphic Novel) Rebirth: Birdverse (Series) Transcendent Treasure: Peter Darling (Novel) 7. Return and Acceptance Escape with Allies' Aid: Sense8 (Television) The Tyrant Crumbles: Sort Of (Television) Public Acknowledgment: Cemetery Boys (Novel) Master of the Two Worlds: Good Omens (Television) Freedom to Live? Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars (Novel) Becoming a Community Elder: Pose (Television) Teaching the Next Generation: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Film) Final Thoughts Glossary Resources Texts for Beginners Anthologies and Collections Children's Picture Books Children's Middle Grade Fiction Young Adult/Teen Novels Works Cited Primary Sources Secondary Sources Index.