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pnwmom

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Thu Aug 29, 2013, 08:15 PM Aug 2013

Want to read a wonderful and true little love story?

It's about a caring young teacher and her former student.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/01/fashion/Just-Holding-On-Through-the-Curves-modern-love.html?src=rechp

There was something both fierce and vulnerable about Christina, and I liked being with her. She is also deeply intelligent, and I wanted to ensure that no matter how the world tossed her around, at least one of her teachers had shown her that she mattered.

I also wanted to keep an eye on her safety. Christina is transgender, which meant there were fewer beds available to her within the system and fewer protections over all.

Sure enough, at her new school, disaster struck: After a security guard told some of her fellow students she had been born male, they threatened to kill her, so she fled.

SNIP

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Want to read a wonderful and true little love story? (Original Post) pnwmom Aug 2013 OP
What a terrific story! Suich Aug 2013 #1
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