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Transgender Oscar Smith High student wants Chesapeake schools to change policies

Started by stephaniec, June 04, 2016, 01:47:04 PM

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Transgender Oscar Smith High student wants Chesapeake schools to change policies

http://pilotonline.com/news/local/education/transgender-oscar-smith-high-student-wants-chesapeake-schools-to-change/article_b8c1eb37-8578-5834-b091-6e5589794649.html

Pilot Online/By Mike Connors
The Virginian-Pilot
2 hrs ago  06/04/2016

"Dan Barnum, a 16-year-old sophomore at Oscar Smith High, has struggled with his sexual identity his whole life. As a child he was Abby – a girl who preferred playing with trains and Hot Wheels cars and hated wearing dresses.

It was shortly before freshman year that Barnum began doing research online and came to a realization: I am transgender. The teen walked into Oscar Smith on the first day of school and announced that his name was Dan."

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