NPR This American Life: Act Two, Tom Girls

I found this over on Helen Boyd’s blog en|Gender…

Act Two. Tom Girls.

Lilly and Thomasina have a lot in common. They’re both 8 years old. And they were both born boys, although it became clear pretty early on that they'd prefer to be girls. There aren’t all that many kids in the world like them, but recently, at a conference in Seattle on transgender parenting, they met. And they immediately hit it off. They could talk about things with each other that they'd never been able to share with other friends back home. And that’s comforting, even if they never see each other after the conference ends. Producer Mary Beth Kirchner tells the story, with production help from Rebecca Weiker. (17 minutes)[starts at 29:00]

Song: "Somewhere Out There," The soundtrack to "American Tail"

What her father and neighbor did to her are just so horrible and unbelievable. Why can’t people let us just live our lives!