Language, Reality, and my Trans Girlhood

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Language, Reality, and my Trans Girlhood
Filed by: Tobi Hill-Meyer
September 20, 2010 1:00 PM


http://www.bilerico.com/2010/09/language_reality_and_my_trans_girlhood.php


While working at COLAGE's Family Week in Provincetown earlier this month - a week long gathering for LGBTQ-headed families with programming for 200+ youth who have LGBTQ parents - someone who was working with the younger group asked how to explain what "trans" means to an 8 year old audience. This was particularly important considering that some of the youth in the group may have trans family members or be trans themselves. Another facilitator suggested using very simplistic language and gave an example, "like a boy who wants to be a girl."