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Betrayed by their bodies: For trans teens, puberty can be a trauma

Started by stephaniec, November 05, 2015, 03:31:40 PM

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November 05, 2015, 03:31:40 PM
Betrayed by their bodies: For trans teens, puberty can be a trauma

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/11/4/betrayed-by-their-bodies.html?utm_campaign=wklynewsletter110515&utm_medium=email&utm_source=editorialnewsletter

America Aljazeera/November 4, 2015 1:00PM ET by Natalie Pattillo

"Ask Victor Lopez, a 17-year-old transgender male, what it was like when he got his period at the age of 8, and he'll tell you a wrenching story about locking himself in his room for hours, crying and hiding from his family. Just getting out of bed for school was a struggle. The onset of menarche made him feel disgusting and terrified, as though his body had dragged him through someone else's puberty, he says, and there was nothing he could do to stop it. "
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