The young man, Damian, is in the same transmasculine support group in Albuquerque. So I have basically been following this story since April. At first they seemed like they were going to allow him to wear the black robe (why they do the segregated robes anyway is beyond me). I think they were looking for something and came up with this bizarre birth certificate thing. Apparently the students and staff are VERY supportive-- so his educational experience has been very good (I think-- just met him about two months ago).
Anyway the minute they arrived at that, I didn't feel very optimistic that their minds would change as they looked like they were looking for some reason not to allow it. But the thousands of signatures on the petition did look promising.
Anyway it is not all bad news. The University of New Mexico LBGT center (where T is NOT silent) is doing a "lavender graduation" for kids who don't fit in to their ceremonies for whatever reason. Damien is go to speak, which is very exciting for those of us who are supporting him.
He is a really promising kid, with a very neat family. He's going to go to UNM next fall.
BTW, ironically the graduation talk was on "discrimination" as supposedly these nice Catholic people are being discriminated against by the LGBT agenda (I think that's the subtext anyway).
--Jay
