Transgender Children & Youth

Transgender At Five Washington Post While autism is more common than transgender issues (or is it?), society is far from embracing those who differ from the norm. To get back on topic, parents who support their children no matter what are to be commended...

I saw this report in the L.A. Times and tought it quite fascinating. Quote,"Like me and Jazz. She's trans, she's bi, whatever. I'm not. But I like her. She's a person, he's a person . . . whatever. I like her for who she is. Or he is." http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-banks17-2008jun17,0,4432197.column Seems like the young people are get it better than the adults. ;)

Scotland “A SCHOOLBOY who claimed he was sent home for dressing as a girl has won his battle to return to classes.” - Janice Burns Cross-dressing pupil to return to school

Wayne Maines, 08.06.2012 1:49pm "One of the first decisions is whether to tell others that our children are transgender. This decision is often dynamic, as the environments change, we have to change, too. Not telling our schools and community is called "Going Stealth." Going stealth often starts as early as preschool. It is a simpler time in many ways. No one need's to know except family, doctors and a small inner circle of friends. Later, in elementary school, we often decide to leave stealth mode to inform teachers, staff and sometimes community leaders that we have a transgender child. It is not an easy decision. Doing so creates new challenges and bigger fears." -hu…

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

Are Progressive Parents Ready for Transgender Kids? Slate Magazine (blog) Jesse Green's feature article in this week's issue of New York Magazine on transgender kids and their parents is the most nuanced, open-minded, and compassionately critical discussion of the subject that I have ever read...

Mitch Kellaway | February 01 2015 6:00 AM ET "While these are only the initial findings of research Eaton and his team plan to continue by repeatedly following up with the subjects over a long period of time, Eaton considers the results decisive enough to inform families, health care providers and institutions in their approaches to trans youth." --advocate.com STUDY: Transgender Kids Are Not 'Confused' About Their Gender Identities

The stunning issue coincides with a new documentary.12/15/2016 04:32 pm ETIn what’s being touted as a first for the magazine, National Geographic will kick off 2017 by featuring a transgender person on its cover. A stunning photo of 9-year-old Avery Jackson will appear on the subscriber’s edition of the magazine... More here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/national-geographic-transgender-cover_us_5852d77de4b054eeaea229c0

Mitch Kellaway | February 05 2015 3:05 PM ET "This week, Q opened up to the Empire State Pride Agenda about what it means to be him in a handwritten letter — sprinkled with heartwarming details and several misspellings — that he then recorded himself reading aloud. Along with his mother, Francisca, Q lent his story to the Pride Agenda's Change.org petition to protect LGBT youth from "conversion" therapy and secure trans New Yorkers basic civil rights." --advocate.com Adorable 8-Year-Old on Being a Trans Boy: 'I Just Know It'

Caused from the events in this thread; Louisiana “Louisiana Girl Scouts have never been asked to admit a transgendered child, said Marianne Addy, the spokeswoman for Girl Scouts Louisiana East, which provides scouting activities for 17,000 girls. And soon after the Colorado decision last fall, Louisiana Scouting directors, who are free to set local policy, decided transgendered children would not be allowed should one ever apply.” - Bruce Nolan Transgendered Girl Scout causes stir

http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=58245

I hope you're able to access and read this article in today's New York Times: As Attention Grows, Transgender Children’s Numbers Are Elusive Progress...

An important article: https://medium.com/indian-thoughts/the-child-i-love-822af4adb4d1#.9zyxpydin

After talking to my best friend and her mom I want to start transitioning. My friend started three years ago and she looks so much different. Her mom is very supportive of her decision but I know my parents won't be. I haven't even told them how I feel. My friend and her mom said that they will help me as much as they can. What should I do? I don't want to wait until I've fully gone through puberty as a male to start to transition to female because I know it will make it much more difficult.

See for reference; OTTAWA “The historic Girl Guides of Canada is wrestling with a very modern question: Whether to allow transgender girls — children who were born male but identify as girls — into their troops.” - Kris Sims Girl Guides of Canada considering transgender members

June 13, 2015 "Why did she think Ms. Cox would come in through those particular doors? M. ignored my question and stood alone at the far end of the room, her back to me, her eyes glued to the doors." -- thegailygrind.com Find Out What Happened When A 7-Year-Old Trans Girl Met The Amazing Laverne Cox

Wayne Maines, 04.11.2012, 4:27 pm "I cannot explain what transgender means to me in a 1,000-word essay, but I can begin to open a dialogue and share a few stories that may help others understand what it means to raise a transgender child." What Does Transgender Mean? One Semi-Conservative Dad's Perspective

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/

I just found this article on Forbes, read it, and then watched the YouTube video. Below is the link to the article and below that is a link to the YouTube video because it can't be viewed in full screen (for some reason) on Forbes. I posted it here in the youth section because I feel it would be so valuable for any young person to watch, trans or not: Article: VIDEO: Watch Youth Soccer Coach Come Out As Transgender To His Players Video: Authenticity: Portland Community Football Club Founder and Director, Kaig Lightner, shares his identity of being a transgender man with the players.

Here's a delightful story and link to NPR's audio report on Allie, a transgender 8-year old girl. "[People say,] 'You know I'm not against anyone that's transgender, I just don't want them using my same bathroom.' I mean that's like saying, 'I like black people, I just don't want them to sit at my lunch counter,' " Jen says. Allie doesn't know much about the debate over bathrooms. School and dance classes keep her busy, along with the lessons she shares with neighbors about what it means to be transgender. When The Kid Becomes The Teacher: On What It Means To Be Transgender

Michelle Garcia, August 28 2012 8:03 PM ET "A German father said that he sometimes wears skirts to support his son, who also prefers to wear skirts and dresses." -advocate.com Dad Wears Dress in Solidarity With Dress-Loving Son

Julie Ross, 08/15/2012 2:59pm "This might be a good time to tell you that my daughter Jessie spent the first three and a half months of school -- not to mention the prior nine years -- as George: a complicated, funny, dyslexic and wildly artistic child. In December of fourth grade she socially transitioned from male to female and finished out the year with a seamlessness that no one could have anticipated." -huffingtonpost.com What's in a Name?

I Was Promised a Pony! Catherine Oliver Posted: 04/19/2012 11:02 am This blog is dedicated to trans*, bigender, and gender-variant youth. "I always knew I wasn't like others. I didn't want a boyfriend, and I wore clothes that the other girls called "boy's clothes," all the time. I played in the mud, ran after soccer balls, and climbed trees. "Tomboy," they said."

"A teen transsexual who is celebrating after getting the green light to become a woman has revealed how he was inspired by singer Lady Gaga. Cambell Kenneford, 16, dreamed of being a female model - despite being born a man..." Read the article (with photos): 'I was born this way': Teenage transsexual reveals how Lady Gaga inspired him to have full sex change