That playing sports making friends and being yourself is wrong. That the community meant to support you is, instead, is determined to erase you. "I know what it is to be a queer kid and it is lonely.

In a victory for trans youth, the U.S. Senate on Monday failed to advance a bill approved by the House that would have banned transgender youth participation in sports ... friends," Robinson stated.

Kids may find they have less in common with old friends as they mature. Or they may be simply assigned to different classes or sports teams than their friends, so they have less interaction with ...