Transgender teen says he has support at Brewster school

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Brewster High School student Michael Loscalzo said he was scared to go to school yesterday, given all the attention he's received for his recent decision to start dressing as a girl.

But as the day wore on, he was pleasantly surprised to find that students who normally wouldn't talk to him were congratulating him and saying hello in the halls, he explained after school.

"It makes me feel really good about myself and makes me think that people understand where I'm coming from," said Loscalzo, 17. "If anything, people have noticed how brave I am for doing this."

In the past month, Loscalzo began going to class donning makeup and women's clothes. He said school officials warned him Friday that he would be suspended if he continued to cross-dress. Administrators denied his claim, saying the issue was about inappropriate attire and not cross-dressing.

To support Loscalzo, several students organized an "Equality Protest" this week by showing up to school dressed as the opposite sex.

http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008805080471

Every time I get frustrated at the agonizingly slooooooooooooow pace of progress on LGBT issues, I hear a story like this and realize that the nation will be in much better hands when the next generation is in charge.

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1. Atticus Connors, 16. . . . .

I'm almost positive that this kid was named after Atticus Finch . . . it's not exactly a common name. I wonder how his fictional namesake would like his attitude. Or, for that matter, Harper Lee and her very close friend Truman Capote.

Connors, you're a disgrace to the name Atticus.

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2. Lots of interesting items in those articles

I am always amazed at the degree to which a Strict Gender Binary is so rigidly enforced by our society.