Anti-discrimination policy for transgender students weighed
by Mary Beth Faller on Sep. 25, 2011, Arizona Republic News
http://tucsoncitizen.com/arizona-news/2011/09/25/anti-discrimination-policy-for-transgender-students-weighed/ (http://tucsoncitizen.com/arizona-news/2011/09/25/anti-discrimination-policy-for-transgender-students-weighed/)
For Julian Melson, the clarity of a hard-won sobriety six years ago made two things apparent.
He needed to start over with his education. And he needed to face the fact that he was a man.
The acceptance he found of his new identity at GateWay Community College was crucial in attaining a certificate, he said. That's why he hopes the Maricopa County Community College District formally recognizes transgendered people as a protected group.
Melson was born female but knew his whole life that he was male.