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Happy and Queer

Kaysen Ford, who identifies as nonbinary, talks with their mother Jennifer about their experiences growing up. "It shouldn't be scary to be who you are," declares Kaysen, who is looking forward to a bright future and expresses pride in having overcome a variety of challenges to graduate from high school.

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StoryCorps. (2021, June 25). Mother and Teen Reflect on the Pride and Joy of Growing Up Transgender [Audio Podcast]. https://storycorps.org/stories/mother-and-teen-reflect-on-the-pride-and-joy-of-growing-up-transgende...

Dee

Who is Dee?

Happy and Queer

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Dee

Gender Identity Our core sense of who we are as a man, a woman, a mixture of both, or neither.

Gender Expression How we show up in the world through choices like clothing, hair style, mannerisms or tone of voice.

Attraction How we feel toward others sexually, romantically and/or emotionally.

Biological Sex Physical attributes such as reproductive organs and genitalia, chromosomes, genes and hormone levels.

Happy and Queer

References:

Dee

Gender Identity Our core sense of who we are as a man, a woman, a mixture of both, or neither.

Gender Expression How we show up in the world through choices like clothing, hair style, mannerisms or tone of voice.

Attraction How we feel toward others sexually, romantically and/or emotionally.

Biological Sex Physical attributes such as reproductive organs and genitalia, chromosomes, genes and hormone levels.

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