Transgender Youth
May 28th, 2009 by equalityarizonaradio
Listen up as Emmy Award winning host Donna Rossi talks with Kim Pearson of Trans Youth Family Allies (TYFA) about their work in advocating for the rights and welfare of transgender youth.
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This was a wonderful segment. I have never listened to Equality Arizona Radio except on one occation and that was to hear Marc Pedraza. This has truly caused me to feel emotions. I am almost certain that this will make a difference to those living the lifestyle and the parents who are dealing with such a “controversial” issue as people have made it out to be. You may not see all the tears, all the lives you have touched, the lives you have saved, but it has happened. I appreciate both of your efforts in covering this issue. Both of you do a tremendous job at what you do. I am looking forward to the National Geographic documentation of this issue. I also hope that Trans Youth Family Allies and Equality Arizona will partner up. Hoping to see this on the list of videos that Equality Arizona goes to show. If it is, please count Casa Grande as a stop. =)
Always, Chris Central Arizona Rainbow Equality Founder
Excellent interview!! This is a very important subject that needs far more exposure. No matter what numbers may apply to the prevalence, there are more transgender kids and adults than most people could imagine. Kim does an excellent job of representing these kids and helping their parents and other authority figures understand.
Thank you for this site. I listened to the audio and I am so impressed with the quality of the reports. If only I had this when I was a kid. I had to stop wearing my girlfriends dresses when I moved on to the first grade. Oh how I missed my mornings with her wearing her dresses, (she hated them btw, “I’m so glad someone likes wearing them!” she said. I had to hide my expression of myself except for occasional instances throughout grade school. I would dash home from playing boy’s games in the afternoon and get my dresses on when I got to my room. I was so afraid of the ridicule, my friends never knew. It wasn’t until I got to the Air Force that I could scrape together some clothes and later in college and finally on my own in my own apartment in NYC I could finally join groups of sisters. Going out the first time was the thrill of my life. Frringhtening and perfect. Thank God for the girlfriends and sisters I met who loved me for whom I am.
Molly O’Lani
Kudos on teaching tolerance!
Thank you so much for sharing this story…