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Becoming Me from In the Life

Eight families with transgender and gender non-conforming children ranging in ages from 5 to 25 share their stories. With the healthy development of their children at stake, parents must confront binary perceptions of gender, widespread transphobia and controversial parenting decisions.

8 True Stories: How Real Families Handle Trans Children
By Lucas Grindley, Advocate.com

The question of what to do when your child is transgender becomes real for eight families followed by In the Life in its April episode.

In the Life tells the powerful stories of eight different families with transgender and gender-nonconforming children in its latest episode, which debuted Sunday and airs throughout April on public television. 

“As soon as he could talk, he started saying he was a boy,” a mother says of her 5-year-old child, Jake. Another child declares, “I’m a girl, I don’t play boy stuff.” A parent wonders, “How are we going to navigate puberty?” 

You can watch the video (full episode) above.

One of the best documentaries I’ve seen involving people who are trans*. :) So many people use the wrong pronouns and name, and it completely detracts from it! This is totally awesome though!!

Watching now.

I’m literally crying. This is the sweetest and most heart-wrenching thing I’ve ever seen.

(Source: advocate.com)