Quincy couple talk about transgender son's sad journey
By Bella English
Globe Staff / October 6, 2012
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2012/10/06/quincy-couple-talk-about-transgender-son-sad-journey/8sfPKwLKQXSbXpm1tam13O/story.html 🔗Marcia and Ken Garber had two girls, Sarah born first, and five years later another girl, Kristen. From the time she was in preschool, Kristen dressed like a boy and played with the boys.
"She used to try to pee over the toilet, like a boy," says Marcia, who is a nurse. She and Ken live in Quincy; he is a retired Waltham firefighter.
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The Garbers are extraordinary parents, and they tell their extraordinary story for a cause bigger than themselves: for transgender children and their parents, and for others who need to be educated.
They have made videos for the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (go to Marcia's at
🔗 [Link: youtu.be/_po94QU60uI/], and Ken's at
🔗 [Link: youtu.be/UfG_Cbp/]USFM) that show grace in action, and they have testified on behalf of the Trans Equal Rights Bill and on the effect of discrimination.
"One of the biggest reasons I got involved was that there weren't any parents speaking up for their kids," says Ken.
