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so he is 14 years old she’s a pretty
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much regular teenager she’s a popular
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amongst her friends she’s a very
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outspoken strong just a regular kid
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there was always a sense that she wasn’t
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quite like for example my son that’s
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older than her for her to express that
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she was a girl and I’m a girl and it was
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always why did God make me this did I
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get there late when they were passing
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out the bodies that sort of verified
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what I was thinking which I couldn’t
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name back in that time there wasn’t a
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lot of information for parents
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I just didn’t know transgender what it
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really was but she was free to express
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herself at home so playing with Barbies
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or playing with baby dolls or toys of
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that style wasn’t a problem to me
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already
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the problem started in in preschool when
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the staff didn’t appreciate that or
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didn’t think it was proper or
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appropriate they suggested counseling
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because it wasn’t right there was
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obviously something wrong with her it
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doesn’t make sense how people can define
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you without knowing you it just doesn’t
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if you look at Zoey and you see her
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she’s a girl I would like her to live in
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a world where she doesn’t have to fight
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to exist she has a really good heart and
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she’s very forgiving my biggest concern
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is that she gets through school get to
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grades does her homework doesn’t miss
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school and that she’s safe I think I’m
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actually giving her tools and strength
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to move forward and do good things in
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life and that’s what anybody does for
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their kids we’re not born with
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incredible skill sets to be parents we
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just need to use that same emotion that
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we had when we brought that child to the
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world and say that promise the
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commitment that you made that you would
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take care of them for the rest of their
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lives that you continue to do that as
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they grow and they tell you
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they are and just accept them for who
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they are support
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