Locals offer insight into transgender life, On Transgender Day of Remembrance, locals share their storiesBy Meredith J. Graham,
meredithg@newsreview.com | This article was published on 11.17.11.
http://www.newsreview.com/chico/locals-offer-insight-into-transgender/content?oid=4474756
Aydin Kennedy leads a panel discussion about what it means to be transgender.
PHOTO BY MEREDITH J. GRAHAMWhen Connor was in the third grade, he asked his teacher, "Why can't the girls take their shirts off during flag football? It's not fair—it's hot!"
On the first day of first grade, when Aydin and the rest of his classmates were asked to split up to go to the bathroom—boys on one side, girls on the other—he found himself strangely conflicted, not knowing which line to join.
When Suzanne was 4 years old, her parents submitted her to electroshock therapy to "cure" her of her desire to be a little girl.
