'In The Life' Debuts Groundbreaking Episode on Transgender Children and Their Families


New York, NY (PRWEB) April 01, 2012

http://digitalproducer.digitalmedianet.com/article/In-The-Life-Debuts-Groundbreaking-Episode-on-Transgender-Children-and-Their-Families-1954041

This month, the award-winning newsmagazine In The Life will debut Becoming Me, featuring eight families with transgender and gender nonconforming children ranging in ages from 5 to 25.

Is it a boy or a girl? Many parents learn the answer before their baby is born, and most expect their children to develop a gender identity that mirrors biological sex within their first few years. But for transgender and gender nonconforming children, gender identity unfolds throughout childhood, adolescence and into early adulthood.

Becoming Me (Full Episode) 20th Season

http://www.itlmedia.org/clips/entry/becoming-me-full-episode

Eight families with transgender and gender non-conforming children ranging in ages from 5 to 25 share their stories. With the healthy development of their children at stake, parents must confront binary perceptions of gender, widespread transphobia and controversial parenting decisions.

Join us for an hour-long online discussion in the comments section below on April 3, 2012 at 5:30pm Eastern/ 4:30pm Central / 2:30pm PSD. In The Life Media Staff Producer Kathryn Morrison will be online and available to respond to questions and comments. She will be joined by PFLAG National's Transgender Network Coordinator Catherine Hyde, Gender Spectrum Director of Education and Training Joel Baum, and author of the book, "Gender Born, Gender Made," Developmental and Clinical Psychologist Diane Ehrensaft. The discussion is an ideal place for parents, families, friends and advocates of transgender and gender non-conforming children to share their experiences and ask questions.

"In The Life" Episode Profiles Transgender Children
by Michael K. Lavers
National News Editor
Sunday Apr 8, 2012

http://www.edgeboston.com/news/national/news/131762/%22in_the_life%22_episode_profiles_transgender_children

Jackie Singer of Laurel, Md., is not unlike other 7-year-olds.

The first-grader enjoys reading books, riding her bike and picking on her brother. Her father, Brian Singer, remains very protective of his precocious child who also enjoys mermaids and Sponge Bob.

"The day she was born, she was a boy," he noted to EDGE in a recent interview as Jackie talked in the background. "I held her in my arms. I put her to sleep. I fed her. I changed her. I burped her and I did all these things for her. Those feelings don't change, except now we have to accept her as a girl. Nothing has changed. I still love her."