Caroline Litman 'Her Name is Alice' Paperback

Alice Litman died by suicide in May 2022, aged just twenty years old, having already waited almost three years for her first appointment at a gender identity clinic.

In stunningly beautiful prose, Caroline Litman captures the realities of an often-messy journey navigating both her daughter’s transition and the days, weeks and months after Alice’s death.

Searing, urgent and utterly unique, Her Name is Alice is the raw, human story of a mother’s love and grief for her child – and of a young trans woman who is impossible to forget and who must be remembered.

From carloinelitman.com ‘My daughter died by suicide in May 2022, aged just twenty years old, having waited almost three years for her first appointment at a gender identity clinic. This is my tribute to her and my invitation to you to learn the realities of raising a trans teen, to discover the barriers to care she faced and the hostility she endured. It is the story of my journey to acceptance of Alice’s transition and my struggle to help her. It invites you into the days, weeks and months after her death. And begs the question, when those who are anti- trans say, one trans child is one too many, do they not think Alice’s life mattered at all?’
Caroline Litman is a writer, activist and former psychiatrist based in Surrey. Caroline and her family were awarded an Attitude Pride Award in 2024 for their campaigning work. She is on Bluesky as @alicemydaughter.bsky.social.