Who Am I When Even My Own Mother Doesn't Recognize Me?

Who Am I When Even My Own Mother Doesn’t Recognize Me?

My name is Layla, and all my life I’ve heard that I look ‘too much like a boy’ for a girl. Growing up in Pittsburgh, I was often mistaken for a boy, and even my mom sometimes hesitated. This is the story of how a simple class trip and one photograph reopened old wounds and forced me to question who I really am.