Teens in transition

[Natasha]

Teens in transition

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/20081020_Teens_in_transition.html
Gloria Hochman
10/20/2008

Shortly after school began in the fall of 2004, an eighth grader named
Tye Clark delivered a jolting message to her classmates.

"I'm the same person I was last year and the year before, but I am transgender and will now come to school as a boy," Tye told four
assemblies at Cedarbrook Middle School in Cheltenham Township. "You
may not agree, but I hope you will respect me and my right to get a
good education."

Eyes misting with tears, Tye asked to be known as Ty. The transgender
teen finished to rounds of applause.

Ty celebrated his 18th birthday yesterday. He was born female, but as
far back as he can remember, he felt in his brain and his heart that
he was a boy.