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Great article on Coy the transgender CO child.
Sorry if this a dupe, but I was catching up on my Rolling Stone magazines this weekend and read about her. I really admire the way her parents raised and fought for her. Article pretty much covers her life from her early years to the present:
When Coy Mathis was a year and a half old, he loved nothing more than playing dress-up. He didn't show much interest in the fireman costume or the knight outfit, but would rummage through the toy box to grab the princess dress with the flowery headpiece. His mother, Kathryn, would text photos to her husband of their plump-cheeked blond boy twirling in a pair of pink-and-purple butterfly wings or wearing a frilly tutu.
Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/about-a-girl-coy-mathis-fight-to-change-change-gender-20131028#ixzz2lc47f1Xc
