Stories

Meet Joan

My name is Joan, I am 15 years old and from the state of Pennsylvania. I’ve always been told that I am a girl, even though I tend to lean towards more masculine things. When I came out as gay to my parents, they ignored me for a full week. Dinners were silent that entire

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Meet Ray

I am fourteen years old, and I believe that no transgender kids should have to go though middle school the way I did. In general, middle school sucks no matter who you are. Every student walks around with a figurative label floating above their head. Everyone is so worried about their appearance and how others

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Meet Felix

I’m a 16 year old transgender student living in a small town in Washington State. I first came out to a small group of friends when I was 11, but due to negative reception, didn’t publicly come out until high school. Evan having braced myself for negativity, I was surprised when my grades ended up

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Meet Aleta

Hello everyone, I hope you all are doing phenomenal today! My name is Aleta, and I am 22 years old and from the Central Valley of California. I was born in San Jose, California and moved to Los Banos at 5 years old and was raised there until I left for college. I am artistic,

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Meet Larkin

One thing that I’ve always valued is community. For as long as I can remember, I’ve had different communities that I feel supported and safe with: people I sang and danced with, my extended family, neighbors, camps I attended, etc. I consider these communities to be pivotal to my development into the person I am

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Meet Keandre

My name is Keandre and I’ve lived in the SF Bay Area since I was born. I’ve been involved in music, writing, art, and film through different programs in the community throughout my life and the experiences that I’ve had pursuing these interests have helped open my mind to all kinds of different perspectives and

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Meet Jayden

Hi, my name is Jayden and I am a trans student. While I was assigned female at birth, growing up I always liked everything masculine, like toys, movies clothing or whatever it may be, I always felt and knew I was different than most girls, for starters I didn’t exactly feel like a girl. I

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Meet Fox

My name is Fox, and I’m a 19 year old nonbinary person. I’ve always kind of been someone who doesn’t really feel gender for as long as I can remember. When I was 14, I began to dress more androgynously to express myself. My family began to shut me down, stating that the clothes I

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Meet Tyler

I guess I had a weird upbringing, or weird parents, because I never really understood what society looked for. I didn’t understand why I had been arbitrarily assigned to stand on one half of my elementary school gym, with my best friend on the other side. I used to fight with my teachers about it.

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Meet Ollie

Ollie

I’m sharing this video because I want to be able to reach other trans youth who struggle with feeling isolated, and I also want to help normalize gender diversity within our society. I especially want to subvert the idea that trans people are all straight, white people. I want to make a statement that gender nonconforming,

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Meet Justin

My name is Justin, I am 18 years old. I’m a senior at AYS, and I have 2 siblings. I came out as transgender when I was 15, and since then I felt so much better, but it’s so tricky. It’s lovely to be yourself, but hard when people don’t respect you, but you can

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