http://www.vox.com/2015/2/4/7977335/trans-myths

Vox/by German Lopez    02/05/2015

' the national outcry over the suicide of transgender teen Leelah Alcorn, along with the rise of hit TV shows  Orange is the New Black and Transparent has bought more awareness to the unique challenges facing transgender Americans  - A segment of the population that's wildly marginalized and misunderstood.'

Excellent.

Thanks for posting, I'll definitely show this to me dad when I come out.

Really great article!!

  Thanks for posting. I been hit with these fables in ther past.

Joelene

A recent study from the TransYouth Project found that transgender children as young as five years old respond to psychological gender-association tests, which evaluate how people view themselves within gender roles, as quickly and consistently as those who don't identify as trans.

"I always knew," said Jordan Geddes, a 26-year-old trans man in Columbia, Maryland. "But I grew up and had the whole world telling me I'm wrong. At that point [as a child in the 1990s], there was no visibility whatsoever about trans issues. My parents just assumed I'm a very butch lesbian.

this is what got me.....wow, i am not surprised at all

Thanks a lot for sharing this. It is definitely going to help when I start coming out.

This= Common sense