Students speak up during Trans Awareness Week
http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=6767EMILY AMBROSE
12/5/2008
Growing up in a rural conservative Christian family in Kansas, Scott Larson only knew of "one family who was rumored to be democrat." His religious, parochial upbringing was one of the main reasons Larson, MAR '09, chose to study at the Divinity School.
But that's where his résumé diverges from the stereotypical image of the religious student with the crisp button-down tucked in, toting a bible under his arm. He took a path rarely traveled to arrive here at the red-brick and pristine white of the Divinity School. But, sitting in a sweater, with a pink collar poking out, plugs in both ears, and an unapologetic lip ring, Larson is a long way away from the high grass of Kansas—and he doesn't look tired from the journey. He looks vivacious: His eyes, behind black-rimmed glasses, glimmer: Larson is one of the few openly transgendered students in the Yale community. Biologically born a woman, Scott is now a man.
