Our stories
Every story is unique! Check out the examples below for inspiration and to learn more about the trans and gender- nonconforming youth around the country.
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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
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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,
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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
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Meet Jaxon
Hello! My name is Jaxon/Jax and I am 17 years old. Starting from an extremely young age i was never comfortable presenting as a female,
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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
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Meet Mac
For the last 16 years all I heard was “she” “her” “sister” “lesbian” etc. I thought “there’s no way this is me. I’m not comfortable
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Meet Zeam
Greetings and salutations! My name is Zeam, I am 20 years old, I am truly a scf-fi geek and love art! I believe being non-binary
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Meet Juniperangelica
My name is Juniperangelica and I use she/her pronouns. I am a student at UC Berkeley, an athlete and I am transgender. One issue I
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Meet Malik
I have always expressed myself in a sort of androgyny that didn’t always sit right with everyone. I was raised as a brown/black “boy” with