 One day, Jess's parents discover Jess dressing up in her father's dress clothes; horrified, they take Jess to a psych ward, where she's institutionalized for three weeks, when Jess agrees to follow her parents’ orders pertaining to dress.Jess reaches puberty, develops breasts, and begins to feel the weight of gendered difference, expressing guilt and self-loathing in moments when ridiculed for not conforming to the standards of femininity.Jess gets an after-school job at a print shop, and learns from a coworker of a gay bar in Niagara Falls; when Jess finally makes it out to the bar, she meets drag queens, butches, and femmes, and feels validated in the company of other gender nonconforming individuals.