In1986,nine-year-oldTateMillikinisuprootedandunwillinglymovedtothesuburbsofKansasCity.Ashisparents'marriageunravels,Tatefindssolaceintheunlikelyfriendshipsofhisnewnextdoorneighbors:aretiredAfrican-Americancollegeprofessorandhistransgenderdaughter,Gossamer.