The Princess: Sometimes Boys are Girls

Sometimes boys are girls.

Eight-year old Seth may have male physiology, but who cares?  She has been telling her parents that she is a girl since she learned to talk.  Her father and aunt are ok with the dresses, the female pronouns, and the name "Sarah."

Her mother, not so much; she insists on boy-clothes and the name "Seth," hoping desperately that "it's just a phase."

Nope, not a phase.  Sarah is a girl, and every girl has a right to be a Princess.




While Mom is busy fretting over her child's future of bullying, transphobia, loneliness, and angst, Sarah is negotiating grade school admirably, quashing bullies, transphobes, and the ignorant.  She has a coterie of friends, including Irma, a cisgirl who likes superheroes, monster movies, and wearing boys' clothes; Jordan, a teenage transboy who sometimes babysits (Mom doesn't realize that he's trans); and Chuck, a cisboy with a crush on Sarah.  






Actually, it's characters who treat Sarah as perfectly ordinary that make the strip.  It's no big deal: Sarah is a girl.  Any questions?  Ok, then let's get on with the story.

This is one of the funniest child-oriented comic strips out there, on a par with Soup to Nutz and Frazz.  

And, with its G-rated humor, perfect for gender-atypical kids of any age.

Christine Smith has been publishing the webcomic The Princess twice a week since 2009 (older strips are archived on The Duck).  There's a collection available through Prism Comics.