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Title: California Mother Appeals for Support for Transgender Teens After Losing Son
Post by: Sydney Spitfire on May 28, 2015, 08:11:13 PM
http://abcnews.go.com/US/california-mother-appeals-support-transgender-teens-losing-son/story?id=31338159

By AVIANNE TAN Posted on May 27, 2015, 6:58 PM ET

"A California mother is calling for broader, better support for transgender, genderfluid and non-gender-confirming teenagers after recently losing her trans son to suicide......."
Title: Re: California Mother Appeals for Support for Transgender Teens After Losing Son
Post by: suzifrommd on May 29, 2015, 05:50:56 AM
Definitely the case that there will be some teens, trans or otherwise, who will find life hard to cope with. Unfortunately, though gender dysporia is painful for a teen, it isn't the only stress that afflicts people at that point in their lives.

I feel for his mother.
Title: Re: California Mother Appeals for Support for Transgender Teens After Losing Son
Post by: Eva Marie on May 29, 2015, 08:32:14 AM
Don't read the comments after the article  :-\ It's the usual peanut gallery of "experts" posting what we should do.