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Title: ‘All I really want to do is be myself’
Post by: Shana A on May 14, 2010, 08:26:01 AM
'All I really want to do is be myself'


By John Wright | Online Editor
May 13, 2010 - 7:25:57 PM

http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_12880.php (http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_12880.php)

Trans teen in small East Texas town has few options in her efforts to convince school officials to let her dress as a girl

WHITEHOUSE, Smith County —Sixteen-year-old Alexis Lusk says she's been cross-dressing more subtly for about three years.

But one day a few weeks ago Alexis, a transgender female, took it a step further — donning a bra, a women's blouse and ballet flats to accompany her flare jeans.