Life is slowly getting better for the transgenderedThe Economist, August 17th 2013
ELI ERLICK was born male but decided at the age of eight that she was a girl. She loved her school gym class, but after three years her teachers forced her to join a team of boys; humiliated, she dropped out. Her grades suffered, she lost friends and she refused to go out during breaks.
Eli has just graduated from high school in northern California. The next generation of transgender schoolchildren may have a better time. Under a law passed this week, from January they will be allowed to use toilets and join sports teams according to the gender they identify with rather than the sex on their birth certificate. The law's backers say it merely clarifies existing protections. Even so, it is the first such statewide statute in America, although a handful of other states have similar policies.
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Not often that "The Economist" does an article on the TG community. This one brought tears to my eyes...the comments brought me back to earth!
