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- I started to feel like,
maybe they're transphobic.

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- Or maybe they're closeted trans.

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- You know what, I feel
like that's a thing.

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- It is a thing, it is totally a thing.

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Hi, my name is Christina.

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- Hi, I'm Skylar, and my
preferred pronouns are he and him.

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- And my pronouns are she and her.

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(mellow music)

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- I was like mom, I know you
think I'm gay, but I'm not.

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She didn't like, fully understand.

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And then she did her own research on it.

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She became more accepting of it.

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It was better for me because
it made my life easier and

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happier as a person to know
that my mom was okay with it,

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cause my mom means like everything to me.

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- I was physically and verbally assaulted,

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I just had people like
scream awful things at me

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while I was walking through the hallway.

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But I think, once I was in seventh grade,

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it honestly wasn't as
bad, it's just, you know,

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sixth grade is such a hard
year anyway for everyone,

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and especially when you're
trans and you're trying

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to deal with all of these
things and trying to just deal

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with junior high school in
general, it it so stressful.

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A big part of me is being trans, and like,

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if that means that that person
isn't going to be friends

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with me then so be it, because honestly,

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I'd rather that people know that I'm trans

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and not be friends with me,

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than someone not know that I'm
trans and be friends with me

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for so long and not know
this huge part of my identity

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that I'm so proud of.

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- After I transitioned, my
friends were so supportive of me.

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Yeah, they don't bring
up that I am transgender,

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they don't bring it up at
all, because it's like,

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what is there to bring up?

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Yeah, so I didn't wanna
go to the girls restroom,

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and then I couldn't go
to the boys restroom,

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because everyone just looked at me.

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I would actually like,
take my time and walk

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across the campus to go
use the port-a-potties.

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The fact that I actually
wanted to go to a port-a-potty

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instead of a bathroom that was marked--

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- That's really sad.

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- It's sad because they're not clean.

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- It's just so awful that
like, trans people are made out

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to almost be like, if we're
predators or something,

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like going into the bathroom
to do something to someone,

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you know, I feel like people
should just able to use

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whatever bathroom they wanna use, I mean,

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it's a bathroom, you know?

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- A teacher that I really
remember in my high school,

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her name is Miss Marquez.

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When all my classmates were
calling me by my other name,

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the one that I wanted, she
kinda took note of that,

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and she pulled me aside
one day, and she's like,

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so, you want me to call you Skylar?

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And I'm like, yes, please.

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And then she's like, do you want me to

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call you by male pronouns?

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And I was like well, yes,
I would appreciate that.

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Out of all the teachers I
had, she really made me feel

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okay about myself.

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- You know, I've dealed
with awful counselors

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that weren't accepting, but, I mean,

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I've also had really good experiences.

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My third grade teacher,
before I transitioned,

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has never messed my pronouns up,

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has never messed my name up,

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I just wish that there were
more teachers like him,

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because honestly, I've just
not had the best teachers.

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(mellow music)

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If you're a trans person out there that is

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watching this video right now,

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I just want you know
that it's gonna be hard,

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but it's so worth it in
the end when you are able

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to be yourself and be able to
feel comfortable in your skin.

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(mellow music)

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We've been in your bathroom forever.

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- We've been there.

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I've seen the men's restroom,
it's not that clean.

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Girls restrooms are cleaner.

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(laughter)

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It's just true.

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(logo whooshes)

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(hinge squeaks)