You Refuse to Believe that Ever Liked Pink

A photographer’s extraordinary personal story of getting to know her daughter, who has recently announced their new name and non-binary identity as Alex. While Eber fully supports this, she’s learning who the new person is, learning to love Alex, and considering her own evolution as a mother. The project You Refuse to Believe that You Ever Liked Pink unfolded over a year during which Alex and Dena came to understand what their transitions looked like and meant. As a young adult with autism spectrum disorder and countless physical ailments, Alex struggles to exist in this world - along with the gender transition, Alex came into an awareness as an asexual (ace) adult. Unlike other work about the subject, this book not only investigates Alex’s identity, but also how a mother transitions with her transgender child. Through pain and joy she mourns the loss of who she thought Alex would be and falls in love with the person that Alex is becoming.