A Child’s Understanding of What Transgender Means

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A Child's Understanding of What Transgender Means

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allison-hope/a-childs-understanding-of_b_10295264.html?utm_hp_ref=transgender

The Huffington Post/By Allison Hope   06/06/2016 04:06 pm ET | Updated 1 day ago

"When my nephew was eight years old, I took him to work with me. He was excited to see where all the action happened and to meet my coworkers. He had been nagging me for a long time to take him. At the time, I worked at an LGBT advocacy org and, while he knew he had two aunts, I don't know that he understood much more about what being a sexual or gender identity minority meant or what LGBT advocacy work entailed."