Academic Activists Make a Case For Transgender Children
by Jordan Rubenstein January 18, 2011 12:35 PM
http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/academic_activists_make_a_case_for_transgender_childrenMost people think of LGBT issues as adult issues. But people are increasingly coming out of the closet when they're young. And children aren't just discovering their sexuality at a young age, they're discovering their gender.
Behind most activism are non-profit organizations and grassroots organizers pushing for change. But the fight to recognize the concept of transgender children is a fight led by academics. Two at the forefront are Natacha Kennedy and Mark Hellen, who wrote an article entitled "Transgender Children: More Than a Theoretical Challenge." The paper was published in the Graduate Journal of Social Science in December 2010.
Kennedy and Hellen suggest that transgender children develop their identity despite efforts within schools to enforce gender conformity.
