Gator Boy is set on a barrier island on Florida's Space Coast in 2002. It is in some ways a memoir and in others a completely fantastical work of fiction. It tells the story of a young teen who is (reluctantly, gradually) catalyzed into the realization that he is transgender when transformed, in typical comic book fashion, into a strong and confident humanoid alligator. He must navigate the world living a double, then triple life, able to be truly himself more than ever before, but never his whole self at once.