Hey families out there! Camp Aranu'tiq still has openings. Camp Aranu'tiq is a weeklong, overnight camp for transgender and gender-variant youth ages 8 through 15 based in both New England and the West Coast. It's a place where life experiences are shared and lifelong friendships are made.
When Janet's middle school classmates are less than understanding, and she claims she has no friends, I remind her of all her friends across the country who she can skype with, chat and share notes on Facebook. She does, indeed have many friends from camp. How fortunate!!
Thanks, Nick!!
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
My story about China
A year after Janet had been home, her little brother wrote this essay for school:
One day, I said to my mom, "I'm bored. I have no one to play with." Then my mom looked on the computer for children to adopt. We found a boy named T.R. We decided to adopt him. My mom came and my dad came, so did I. We stayed in China for two weeks. We went in a lot of hotels. In one hotel there was a buffet. About on the third day we got him. He liked girl stuff like princess stuff. It turned out that he was a girl. I was O.K. about that.
Anyway, when we were at one of the hotels, we played "jumping on the beds switch." That is when we each jump on different beds and say, "Jumping on the beds...switch!" When we say "switch" then we stop jumping on one bed and jump to the other bed and start jumping. That was a lot of fun. While we were in China, we always went to Chinese food places. When we finally got home, we showed her our LEGOs. That is my story about China.
One day, I said to my mom, "I'm bored. I have no one to play with." Then my mom looked on the computer for children to adopt. We found a boy named T.R. We decided to adopt him. My mom came and my dad came, so did I. We stayed in China for two weeks. We went in a lot of hotels. In one hotel there was a buffet. About on the third day we got him. He liked girl stuff like princess stuff. It turned out that he was a girl. I was O.K. about that.
Anyway, when we were at one of the hotels, we played "jumping on the beds switch." That is when we each jump on different beds and say, "Jumping on the beds...switch!" When we say "switch" then we stop jumping on one bed and jump to the other bed and start jumping. That was a lot of fun. While we were in China, we always went to Chinese food places. When we finally got home, we showed her our LEGOs. That is my story about China.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Building happy, healthy families
TransYouth Family envisions a society free of suicide and violence in which all children are respected and celebrated.
Our family couldn't have done it without TYFA. If you haven't reached out to them yet, then do so. They provide services free of charge for every single family.
They are reaching out to us now to ask for support so they can reach the families and educators that need them, and educate the public and media. Click here. Or here: http://imatyfa.org/permanent_files/contribute.html
Thank you!
Our family couldn't have done it without TYFA. If you haven't reached out to them yet, then do so. They provide services free of charge for every single family.
They are reaching out to us now to ask for support so they can reach the families and educators that need them, and educate the public and media. Click here. Or here: http://imatyfa.org/permanent_files/contribute.html
Thank you!
Friday, January 20, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Transgender Girl Scouts, Oh My!
If you're trans and you see a skinny Girl Scout, run!
Last fall a girl scout troop, after controversy, welcomed a seven year old transgender girl to their troop. Now, Taylor, a teen girl scout has launched a campaign to protest by refusing to buy Girl Scout Cookies.
Last fall a girl scout troop, after controversy, welcomed a seven year old transgender girl to their troop. Now, Taylor, a teen girl scout has launched a campaign to protest by refusing to buy Girl Scout Cookies.
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