Transgender Children & Youth

Dad: My son wears dresses and that's OK (Video) CNN Video: Actor and father Seth Menachem explains why he's comfortable letting his 2-year-old son wear dresses in public. http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/living/2014/07/21/wxp-seth-menachem-my-son-wears-dresses.cnn.html While we don't know whether the child is transgender, what a wonderful world it would be if all parents expressed this same kind of unconditional love and support. ~ Lori

BY Mitch Kellaway | June 11 2014 4:00 PM ET UPDATED: June 11 2014 5:07 PM ET "In the video, Nic has messages for both youth and adults: Young people know who they are and should feel comfortable and respected when they express themselves." --advocate.com With Dad's Support, Trans Teen Produces Music Video

The Whittington Family: Ryland's Story http://youtu.be/yAHCqnux2fk

CBS NewsMarch 25, 2014, 8:29 PM ""You can be assured that we have cared for Sunnie and worked with her grandparents for several years to assist them. Our TCS teachers and administrators love Sunnie and we can assure everyone that this has never been an issue of hair length or boots as it has been portrayed. It has been our constant desire over the last several years to work with this family and to shepherd this precious little girl in a way consistent with traditional values," he said." --cbsnews.com Christian school complains 8-year-old girl isn't girly enough Note: in the first paragraph, I think the article intended to indicate that Kahle was not sufficiently …

To comply with league policy, student must have undergone gender reassignment surgery Staff Reports | Thursday, February 20, 2014 "RICHMOND, Va. — The governing body of high school sports in Virginia has sanctioned the participation of transgender athletes at the state’s 313 high schools, on the condition they undergo gender reassignment surgery." --lgbtqnation.com Transgender high school athletes approved by Va. governing board ____________________________________________ Okay...is the Virginia governing board really that ignorant? Or do they think we are that ignorant?

Blake Brockington has spent the better part of two years winning over the respect of students, faculty, and administrators at his school. Now, he looks to cap his high school tenure by running for homecoming king. Parker Marie Molloy | February 07 2014 1:25 PM ET "A 17-year-old high school student in Charlotte, N.C., received some great news earlier this week. Blake Brockington, a transgender senior, has been nominated for homecoming king at East Mecklenburg High School." --advocate.com Trans Teen in Charlotte Runs for Homecoming King See related: school board refuses to allow transgender student to run as homecoming king

A teenage girl was suspended from her California high school for failure to adhere to the dress code for female students in her district, something she did to shine light on mixed messages she's received from officials. BY Parker Marie Molloy | January 14 2014 10:42 AM ET "In an act of protest, Staceyy Holidayy, a 15-year-old transgender girl, wore a partially open-back top to school last week, resulting in a two-day suspension for violating the dress code standards for female students at El Rancho High School in Pico Rivera, Calif." --advocate.com Calif. Trans Student Suspended Following Act of Protest

Ofsted inspectors are now quizzing English schools about their homophobic bullying poliies 17 November 2013 | Tris Reid-Smith "Ofsted, the official inspectors of English schools, is now investigating whether schools they visit are fighting anti-gay bullying and teaching about same-sex families." -gaystarnews.com Inspectors start forcing English shools to tackle gay and trans hate

And now, from Texas: To Be, or Not to Be in the Yearbook. A transgender high school student in Texas was told his yearbook photo was rejected because he wore a tuxedo. Michelle Garcia | November 13 2013 5:15 PM ET "The photography studio that took Loredo's senior picture was told to withhold it once school administrators learned that he took it in a tuxedo, Loredo says. After the family lodged a complaint with the district, the superintendent reportedly said the photo would offend the town's "community standards."" --advocate.com Student Omitted From Yearbook — Possibly for Tuxedo

This article doesn't really tell us anything we don't already know. But I decided to post it for all the cisgender people that might be lurking around - the ones who might be looking for answers, but don't know how to go about it. The ones who find themselves in that group that is afraid of transpeople, or dislikes transpeople, or believes that transpeople are somehow wrong, abnormal, mentally disturbed, deviant, etc. This is to challenge such people to look at the picture that accompanies this article, and then answer the question, "how can you hate this child, this little girl?" Maybe then, if they realize there is nothing there to hate or fear, and realize that thi…

Trigger warning in the article... http://www.transadvocate.com/what-happens-when-pji-is-confronted-by-parents.htm

Trans youth Coy Mathis, now 7, made the news in June when the Colorado Civil Rights Division, in a landmark case, ruled that the action of her school of banning her from using the girl’s bathroom violated a state law that protects transgender people. http://lexiecannes.wordpress.com/2013/10/23/3-year-old-trans-kid-wonders-when-she-will-get-her-girl-parts/

In California, a transgender girl was crowned And in NH, a transgender high school boy was crowned homecoming king, unlike Pennsylvania, where the school system refused to allow a boy to even run as because he was assigned female at birth. Transgender high school student in N.H. crowned Homecoming King Monday, October 7, 2013 "Amid cheers from students and hugs from friends, Ray walked over to his dad who grabbed him by the shoulders, looked him in the eye and said, “I am so proud of you.”" --lgbtqnation.com

A six-year-old girl who was assigned male at birth won her legal battle to change her national ID card and birth certificate to reflect her accurate gender. BY Sunnivie Brydum | September 28 2013 2:40 PM ET ""By accepting that my son was not the son I gave birth to, but a girl, I accepted her identity and put myself at her side," Gabriela told the Telegraph from Buenos Aires. " --advocate.com Trans Six-Year-Old Is Argentina's Youngest to Amend Gender on Birth Certificate

In what is being described as the first known event of its kind, a transgendered teen was named as her high school’s homecoming queen on Friday. http://news.yahoo.com/california-teen-named-nation-s-first-transgender-homecoming-queen-053444443.html

Written by Louis Weisberg, Staff writer | Sep 13, 2013 "The new policy was adopted in response to an incident involving a transgender elementary school student. Parents complained after the student used a girl’s restroom at Summit Elementary School on Sept. 6. Apparently, they believed she should have used the boy’s room." --wisconsingazette.com Oconomowoc School District adopts 'gender-neutral' restroom policy

Richland High School senior Kasey Caron has turned to the media to pressure his high school to let him run for homecoming king. BY Sunnivie Brydum | September 09 2013 3:33 PM ET "But for the bulk of his four years at Richland High School in Johnstown, Caron's teachers and classmates have recognized him as male. When a guidance counselor suggested he enter his name for homecoming king at the beginning of the school year, Caron thought Richland was finally ready to affirm his gender identity." --advocate.com Trans Teen Takes on Pa. School to Run for Homecoming King

A youngster of 12 who was born a girl but lives as a boy is devastated after his GP refused to give him vital drugs to halt puberty. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/girl-who-lives-boy-denied-2241965

KAMENSK-URAL, Russia — A network of loosely organized groups of Russian ultra-nationalists are targeting LGBT youth for bullying and assault by creating fake social media profiles and gay personals to attract unsuspecting victims. http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/07/russian-extremists-using-social-media-to-target-attack-lgbt-youth/

Touching portraits of non-gender-conforming children at a summer camp captured by photographer Lindsay Morris 26 July 2013 | By Anna Leach " Morris' series of photographs titled You Are You is a sensitive portray of trans children expressing themselves. She hopes to publish a book of the photographs next year and will use profits to start a foundation to support the camp." --gaystarnews.com Non-gender-conforming kids caught on camera

By OWN Posted: 07/15/2013 11:16 am EDT | Updated: 07/16/2013 10:00 am EDT "At age 14, Kaden started taking testosterone gel and followed it up with testosterone shots when he was 16. "Testosterone shots definitely made a difference -- in my muscle mass, I can grow a full beard... definitely the voice," Kaden says. "It's a nice feeling that I have a deeper voice."" --huffingtonpost.com Transgender Child Who Wanted A Sex Change Talks About Life Now That He's In His 20s (w/Video)

Wednesday, July 24, 2013 "Under the agreement, approved Tuesday evening by the district’s school board, the school district will take a number of steps to ensure that the student, who has consistently and uniformly presented as a boy at school and in all other aspects of his life for several years, will be treated like other male students while attending school in the district." --lgbtqnation.com Calif. school district settles discrimination complaint by transgender student

VIDEO: Emma Hayes was just five years old when she told her parents that despite being born a boy she wanted to live and dress as a girl. Diagnosed with gender dysphoria, Emma is among a growing number of children across the country who insist they're trapped in the wrong body. http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/videoindex.aspx?uuid=1593fcd9-70f1-4905-ae6a-ac60bb5bf3e8

http://youtu.be/xdpTXtz75Aw A mother in Queenland has decided to let her nine-year-old son live as a girl. Parenting expert Dr Michael Carr-Gregg shares his thoughts.