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Title: 'My name is Matt': Transgender student asks school system to use his preferred n
Post by: stephaniec on January 31, 2016, 12:45:34 AM
Post by: stephaniec on January 31, 2016, 12:45:34 AM
'My name is Matt': Transgender student asks school system to use his preferred name 'My name is Matt': Transgender student asks school system to use his preferred name
http://www.baltimoresun.com/ph-ac-cn-transgender-students-1031-20160131-story.html
Baltimore Sun/Cindy Huang•Contact Reporter 01/31/2016
"Matthew Nolte's report card is stacked with A's, but he scratched out the name on it — which is not Matthew — until the paper wore away, leaving a rectangular hole.
Matt, a junior at Old Mill High School, is a transgender student fighting for the school system to recognize his preferred, not legal, name."
http://www.baltimoresun.com/ph-ac-cn-transgender-students-1031-20160131-story.html
Baltimore Sun/Cindy Huang•Contact Reporter 01/31/2016
"Matthew Nolte's report card is stacked with A's, but he scratched out the name on it — which is not Matthew — until the paper wore away, leaving a rectangular hole.
Matt, a junior at Old Mill High School, is a transgender student fighting for the school system to recognize his preferred, not legal, name."
Title: Re: 'My name is Matt': Transgender student asks school system to use his preferred n
Post by: suzifrommd on January 31, 2016, 05:28:12 AM
Post by: suzifrommd on January 31, 2016, 05:28:12 AM
I met this guy at an event sponsored by our local PFLAG. I'm so impressed at his willingness to tell his story so it will help other trans teens.