1. The scientists named the baby "X" because they didn’t know its sex and wanted to keep it a secret.
2. Many people were turned down as possible parents because they couldn't accept raising a child without a defined gender.
3. People reacted with confusion and curiosity. One example is, "No one knew what to make of X" (Gould 4).
4. The Joneses were worried that X might be bullied or teased at school because of the non-binary identity.
5. Other children started to act like X because they were inspired by X’s freedom. "Some children started dressing like X" (Gould 7) and "They started questioning their own rigid ideas of what boys and girls should be" (Gould 8).
6. Other parents were upset because they thought their children were losing traditional gender values.
7. X’s parents read stories like "Sleeping Handsome" to show X that gender roles are not important and don’t define who someone is.
8. The children meant that by the time X’s gender mattered in society, everyone would already know and accept X’s identity.