A personal blog by a graying (mostly Anglo with light African-American roots) gay left leaning liberal progressive married college-educated Buddhist Baha'i BBC/NPR-listening Professor Emeritus now following the Dharma in Minas Gerais, Brasil.
Today marks the end of Transgender Awareness Week. Participating organizations nationwide aim to increase understanding about transgender people and the issues the community faces.
Raquel Scoggin for NPR
For the past few weeks, NPR's Embedded has aired its new three-part series, All The Only Ones, an exploration of the little-known and often neglected history of trans youth in America. Trans youth have become a hot-button topic in culture, media and politics. On All The Only Ones, host Laine Kaplan-Levenson moves past the debates by speaking with real trans kids in the U.S., as well as going back in time to learn about some of the earliest documented trans youths in America.
Zen, a native of New Orleans native and a Mexican American, tells the story of coming into their transness in Episode 1. Their story is paralleled by that of Bernard, a trans person fighting to be seen in Alabama during the 1900s. Parker, a senior in high school in Columbus, Ohio, is a top field hockey athlete. As he prepares to graduate, he'll have to decide between pursuing his dreams as a trans Division I field hockey player or starting hormone therapy. In the 1960s, Vicky and Donna both faced similar barriers to gender-affirming care and treatment. Finally, 18-year-old Christine of New Mexico shares her experience navigating her freshman year of college after starting hormone therapy.
All three episodes of All The Only Ones are now available on NPR's Embedded feed.
Zen, a native of New Orleans native and a Mexican American, tells the story of 
Parker, a senior in high school in Columbus, Ohio, is a top field hockey athlete. As he prepares to graduate, he'll have to 
Finally, 18-year-old Christine of New Mexico shares her experience 
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