“This latest generation is growing up assuming there’s going to be gender diversity,” says Baum, who trains teachers across the country on gender inclusivity. You see more acceptance in schools and popular culture more public places have gender-neutral restrooms, says Joel Baum, senior director of professional development at Gender Spectrum, a national organization headquartered in Emeryville that focuses on creating a gender inclusive world for children. Though the community still experiences problems and issues, rejection, hate crimes and bullying, positive changes are being made.
Recently, there’s been a big shift in how society views the transgender and gender diverse community – especially in the Bay Area, say experts. If anything, his mom is the one who admits she fears the day he starts middle school.
But now Alex seems to feel that he has few worries. If it were say, only 15 years ago, he may have been encouraged to keep his gender identity a secret. There was a time when someone like Alex (whose name and that of family members have been changed to protect their privacy) may have been tormented by his peers and rejected by his family. I don’t care if they know I’m transgender.” Today, his school and peers are mostly supportive, though he does get questioned about his gender, which he finds annoying. When he started attending kindergarten, he opted to identify as male. Most importantly, he is very happy.īut the Concord youth hasn’t always been this content, says his mom, Jennifer.Īlex was born a girl, and first indicated that he wanted to be a boy at age 3. He loves Boy Scouts, camping, kung fu, ninjas and Nerf guns.
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