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Penelope is my third child by birth and
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born like perfectly anatomically to what
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I would assume was a girl everything
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about Penelope makes us question our
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categories that we box people into he’s
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like not he’s undefinable when you meet
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Penelope Penelope gives you everything
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that you need to know about Amy he’s
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that kid that is super likable he’s
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creative he’s artistic he’s giddy he
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talks more than any of my kids but he’s
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also physical and determined and a
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type-a soon into Penelope’s first year
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you could see things that were different
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nopee is happy to be right next to his
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dad doing dad things and I also noticed
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that Penelope would mock or imitate and
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study his brother Cassius would cough
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cough cough he was literally studying
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how to be a boy when Penelope was hiding
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from me I knew something was really deep
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that was like a big eye-opener one day I
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just pull Penelope aside my said you
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know why are you so angry and Penelope
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said because everyone thinks I’m a girl
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and mmm you know that was um like that
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moment with you you just like everything
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flips upside down transgender was
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something I did not know anything about
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there was like a whole process of just
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getting a lot of information and then
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after you research for days and months
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you realize you have to decide to let
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lead from the heart the collective
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understanding is that we are who we are
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from the inside sometimes I feel like
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the world is against us sometimes
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Penelope and all the Penelope’s are up
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against a lot many times people say your
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daughter Penelope and I said no it’s my
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son yeah well he’s she’s transgender no
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he’s transgender so you have to keep
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reinforcing truths keep helping people
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to see it differently when we treated
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Penelope as he wanted to be treated and
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when we allowed him to present as he
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wanted to present he he blossomed and I
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want Penelope to remain that way I want
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him to be able to explore all of the
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sides of him we make vows to them
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that who you are I respect where you’re
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going on but with you and I’ll make sure
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that the world moves out of your way so
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that you can be you my story’s
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inspirational my story is triumphant
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Penelope is a triumphant kid trans kids
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are like some of the most phenomenal
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kids it’s a normal healthy part of the
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human condition and I’m happy to share
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the story because it’s a great story to
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tell
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you
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