2016-05-25

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It can take a lifetime for a person to even have a partial grasp of their identity, but around age 8, Alex was already in touch with his identity and what it means to be transgender. He wrote a rap about coming out to his mother and shared it with the youth at Camp Aranu’tiq, a camp for transgender and gender-variant youth. How brave can this little boy be? His story will move you.

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