Trans Youth and Color Lines
Filed by: Simon Aronoff
May 27, 2009 11:00 AM
http://www.bilerico.com/2009/05/trans_youth_and_color_lines.phpA long time ago (the 1990s), in a galaxy far, far away (Northampton, MA), I was a young trans person. This week is "National LGBTQ Awareness Week," and it's got me thinking back to the days when I qualified as "youth" (sigh), as well as what challenges are facing the young trans and gender variant people I know today.
When I was a young trans person, I had to walk two miles in the snow--uphill, both ways--to access needed trans-related health care, reliable information about my legal rights and status, and supporting educational materials for friends and family. And still, compared to trans folks who transitioned in the decades before the Internet and before LGB organizations added the T to their names, I was relatively awash in resources.
