A friend from the UK that I went to high school with forwarded me the following article:

I don’t want any more people to die of this

I cannot imagine coming out as trans at such a young age.  Growing up was tough enough for me being a “tomboy” although I have to admit, there are times I wonder if it would have been easier taking it one step further.

Her family launched an online petition on Thursday against the use of terms in the media which include “sex-swap/change’, ‘tranny’, ‘gender pot’, ‘gender confused’ and ‘gender bender’ because of the emotional scars it leaves on transgender people.

There is something incredibly wrong with society when the child in this article (aged 10 and I am sure even younger transkids out there) is suicidal because society rejects them as the beautiful children that they are.

The petition argues that people with gender identity issues are being murdered, beaten, threatened, bullied, teased, intimidated, disowned and are prone to suicide and self-harm.

It is disturbing the rate of suicide for transfolk.  I certainly look forward to the day that transfolk are as accepted in society as everyone else out there is.