“X: A Fabulous Child’s Story” by Lois Gould

by formerly known as Dr. G.

“X: A Fabulous Child’s Story” by Lois Gould

One of the most iconic works of the unisex era is Lois Gould’s short story, “X: a fabulous child’s story”, a tale of an “Xperiment” in gender-free child-raising. It first appeared in Ms. in 1972, and was expanded into an illustrated children’s book in 1978. (The Gender Centre in Australia has the story online.)  An interesting way to consider how issues of gender norms and raising a gender neutral child have changed in the 40+ years since this book’s initial publication and how they haven’t.