BICHE BOY: Bo Rainotte’s Radical Intimacy

What happens when you turn a lifetime of inner dialogue into a book? For Bo Rainotte, the answer is BICHE BOY—a raw, poetic and deeply human collection of personal writings that span decades, emotions, and identities.

"When David Giannoni asked me to make a book two years ago, I was going through a dark time,” Bo recalls. Diagnosed with burn-out, on a new path toward understanding his autism, and reflecting on his trans identity, Bo began gathering fragments of past writings—old journals, school notes, Facebook posts, unsent texts. “After my transition, I was discovering a new part of myself. I wanted to understand how I used to speak about me, even when I didn’t yet have the words."

The result is a book that doesn’t explain—it invites. Instead of linear storytelling, BICHE BOY unfolds like life itself: messy, nonlinear, tender. “I think what matters is the journey,” Bo says. “You don’t have to be trans to explore doubt, the need for love, or the search for respect. Identity is for all of us."

Bo’s prose is unfiltered but never chaotic. It flows freely from poetry to slam, diary to social post—not out of artistic pretension, but because this is simply how life was lived and recorded. “Sometimes it comes out as poetry, sometimes prose. I don’t choose—I welcome it. These texts weren’t meant to be shared. Making them public was a political act.”

In BICHE BOY, the personal is unmistakably political. But more than a manifesto, the book offers a mirror to queer readers in search of themselves. “Through my intimate experiences, I want others to feel less alone in their own identity journeys, whether they’re trans or cis. I want them to feel legit in their doubt, their stumbles, their need to explore."

Bo is no stranger to the public eye. Performer, MC, actor—his voice carries beyond the page. “My poetry comes from what shakes me up. Sometimes it becomes a film, sometimes a song. The form doesn’t matter, as long as it carries a message. I embody what I want to see. I use my voice, my body, to make the invisible visible."

Still, there’s no performance in Bo’s advice to those who might find BICHE BOY by chance. It’s pure, unguarded solidarity:
“Take your time. What you feel is valid. You’re allowed to doubt, to cry, to take side steps. You are not alone. You are seen. You exist. And you deserve all the love in the world.”

Met BICHE BOY, Bo Rainotte (@bichedeville) offers us more than a book. He offers proof that every voice—especially the ones we’re taught to silence—is worthy of being heard.

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