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Title: 'Horrifying,' Says Teen of Being at Center of Transgender Bathroom Ruling
Post by: suzifrommd on April 22, 2016, 08:28:08 AM
'Horrifying,' Says Teen of Being at Center of Transgender Bathroom Ruling

William Gallo
April 21, 2016 4:05 PM

http://www.voanews.com/content/gavin-grimm-teen-transgender-bathroom-ruling/3297180.html

Sixteen-year-old Gavin Grimm describes himself as a "very private person." When he's not in class, he enjoys playing video games, reading books, going to Wal-Mart, and whatever else counts as entertainment in the part of rural Virginia he calls "the sticks."

So it shouldn't come as a surprise that Grimm, a junior at Gloucester High School, is more than a bit uncomfortable with being at the center of a national debate about whether transgender people like himself should be allowed to use the restroom of their choice.

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This young man will go down in history as one of the heroes of transgender rights. Shows that seemingly ordinary people can make an extraordinary difference.