Mahalia Harris never got the chance to have the sixteenth birthday party of her dreams - her single mother couldn't afford to throw her one. So Mahalia comes up with a plan: instead, she'll have a lavish "Coming Out Party" where she'll announce her queerness to her friends and family - financed by her after-work job and matched by her mom. But when her mother is laid off, things begin to fall apart.

And Mahalia is having trouble with Siobhan, the beautiful new girl at school who has caught her eye. Mahalia might be confident in who she is - but how does she know what she wants?