Trans Youth Aren't Sexual Predators, They're Preyed Onhttp://www.advocate.com/commentary/2016/5/27/trans-youth-arent-sexual-predators-theyre-preyedThe Advocate/BY BRYAN PACHECO MAY 27 2016 5:43 AM EDT
"When I came out to my mother her heart was changed forever. And the world gained a fierce LGBTQ advocate in her.
So it's only natural that when a 13-year-old was sent to her office for fighting at her South Bronx school that my mother would change that student's life forever.
Let's call the student Luz. Luz is a survivor of child sexual abuse and is transgender.
Sadly, sexual abuse in the LGBTQ community is more common than one might think. Available research shows that LGBT youth are more likely to have experienced sexual abuse than heterosexual youth."
