Meet Ari, a young person who doesn't like to be called by their birth name, Edward. Ari navigates the ins and outs of their gender identity; as a child, they prefer dolls and princess movies, and want to grow out their hair, though their father insists on cutting it short. At nine, they play hockey but wish they could try on their mother's dresses; at fifteen, they shave their face, hoping to have smooth skin like the girls. At sixteen, they want to run away. Who will Ari become? Moving from age six to adolescence, The Name I Call Myself touchingly depicts Edward's tender, solitary gender journey to Ari: a new life distinguished and made meaningful by self-acceptance and unconditional love.