'I'm glad that I told everybody:' transgender boy shares story at schoolChris Purdy, The Canadian Press, Sep. 2, 2013 3:45 PM
When 11-year-old Wren Kauffman goes back to school this week, he won't be hiding the fact that he's actually a girl.
Teachers, friends and other students at his Edmonton school know the truth — that he's a girl on the outside but feels like a boy on the inside...
More students these days are not just coming out in school as gay but also as transgender or transsexual, and they're doing it at younger ages, says Kris Wells, a researcher with the Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services at the University of Alberta.
Some studies shows six out of 1,000 students experience ->-bleeped-<-. About one out of 170 teachers are transgender.
Wells says his office gets calls and emails from parents and schools across the country at least once a day asking for advice...
Some students and their families choose a more secretive approach, switching schools or even moving to other provinces, so they can start fresh, he says. Others transition over the summer and return to school in the fall identifying with their new sex.
Brave students, like Wren, proudly announce who they used to be — and who they are now.
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Quotethe fact that he's actually a girl.
Maybe I'm being overly sensitive but I don't like this line.
