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For a while, Meagley tried to dress the way the girls in school did, to look more feminine than he felt.

I'm Just Drawn This Way: Teen Finds Gender Identity Through Art

12:55pm October 12, 2016

by Desmond Meagley

Long before Youth Radio's Desmond Meagley had the words to describe his identity, he used art as an outlet. Drawing was more than a hobby for him; it was a way to find comfort when nothing else fit.

Gavin Grimm speaks during an interview at his home in Gloucester, Va., in 2015.

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High Court Temporarily Blocks Transgender Student From Using Male Bathroom

1:23pm August 04, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

The move by the Supreme Court halts activity in the case, but doesn't necessarily mean the court will ultimately take up the case involving a high school student in Virginia.

Jake Ralston with his father Jon Ralston. This week, Jake successfully petitioned to change the name and gender on his birth certificate to reflect that he is male.

When Maddy Became Jake: A Father And Son's Enduring Love

11:09pm May 25, 2016

by NPR Staff

Jake, born female, was 5 when he says he first told his dad he was a boy. Jon thought it was a phase, but came to accept it, and 15 years later Jake made his new name and gender official.

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Gavin Grimm leans on a post on his front porch during an interview at his home in Gloucester, Va.

Transgender Teen In Virginia Bathroom Case Wins In Appeals Court

5:45pm April 19, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

The Fourth Circuit said the lower court should have deferred to the federal government's assertion that Title IX applies to transgender students.

South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard vetoed a bill that would have required transgender students in public schools to use bathrooms based on their gender at birth.

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South Dakota Governor Vetoes Bill Stipulating Transgender Students' Bathroom Use

6:28pm March 01, 2016

by Bill Chappell

The bill would have required transgender students to use the bathroom of their birth sex. Had Gov. Dennis Daugaard not vetoed it, the bill would have become law, even without his signature.

Parents pack the high school cafeteria in anticipation of the District 211 school board decision yesterday. Many were angered by the agreement, but supporters were also in attendance.

School Board Approves Controversial Deal In Transgender Student Case

7:13pm December 03, 2015

by Cheryl Corley

An Illinois school district came to an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education and voted to allow a transgender student, born a male, access to the girls' locker room.

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'Becoming Nicole' Recounts One Family's Acceptance Of Their Transgender Child

5:04pm October 19, 2015

When Kelly and Wayne Maines adopted identical twin boys in 1997, they didn't anticipate raising one of their sons as a daughter. They tell their story, with author Amy Ellis Nutt, in Becoming Nicole.

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Eight-year-old Tomás Rocha, a third grader at Malcolm X Elementary School in Berkeley, Calif., is among a handful of gender non-conforming students at the school.

Transgender Students Learn To Navigate School Halls

12:28pm March 06, 2015

by Nanette Thompson

A new poll shows that fewer young people see gender as limited to female and male. Youth Radio reporter Nanette Thompson talks with two students about their experiences at school.

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