The title novella centers lumberjacks in an early-20th-century logging camp who pin fabric triangles to attend a stag dance “as women,” with protagonist Babe Bunyan’s rivalry with the more feminine Lisen driving obsession, jealousy, and an “astonishing vision of gender and transition.” Other stories feature a hormone-destroying pandemic forcing gender choice, a boarding-school romance questioning sexuality and femininity, and a Las Vegas transfeminine gathering where a crossdresser confronts identity amid community dynamics. Author Torrey Peters, a trans woman, explicitly states the collection questions the cis-trans binary and draws from “inconvenient aspects of my never-ending transition” that clash with slogans or “good politics.” These elements are not incidental or organic background diversity but the foundational driver of plot, character arcs, and thematic exploration across every piece.