Q Daily, 11, said he'd prefer not to grow up. But he is now on the cusp of middle school, adolescence and facing his changing body. And for a transgender child, this time of life is particularly complex. Jennifer Hsu/WNYC hide caption
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Kelly Jenkins prepares frogs for her students to dissect. Gabrielle Emmanuel/WGBH hide caption
Max, 13 years old, identifies as agender — neither male nor female. Bert Johnson/KQED hide caption
Julian Harris (left) tells Tor Des Roches what he can expect as he begins medically transitioning from female to male. Courtesy of Julian Harris; Andrew Jones/Courtesy of Tor Des Roches hide caption
Is This Going To Make Me A Different Person? Gender Transition Questions Answered
In their new ad, Vicks tells the story of an adopted girl and her mother figure, Gauri Sawant, a transgendered woman who was born a boy. Screengrab by NPR/Vicks India hide caption
Harrison Browne, hockey player for the Buffalo Beauts and the first openly transgender athlete, announces his retirement. Michael Hertzel/National Women's Hockey League hide caption
Chris López told her son Gabe, who's transgender, that she will always have his back. StoryCorps hide caption
Gavin Grimm is the plaintiff in a case scheduled to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in March. Grimm sued the school board in Gloucester, Va., after it passed a rule barring transgender students from using school restrooms that match their gender identity. Steve Helber/AP hide caption
Arkansas state Sen. Bart Hester, defends his bill preventing local governments from passing their own anti-discrimination laws. On Thursday, a Fayetteville law was struck down by the state Supreme Court. Danny Johnston/AP hide caption
A Boy Scout listens to instruction at Camp Maple Dell in Utah. George Frey/Getty Images hide caption
Dylan and Hayden (front, left to right) are adopted 10-year-old twins. Born a boy, Dylan has identified as a girl since age 4. Her mothers Jennifer and Marla (top, left to right, with daughter Michaela in the middle) had planned to change the gender listed on Dylan's official documents when she got a driver's license. They sped up that process after Donald Trump's election. Jeff Brady/NPR hide caption
Transgender Americans Race To Finish Paperwork Before Trump Administration
Wilma Holmén (left), Louise Nyvall (center) and Tuva Jagell (right) in Girls Lost. Courtesy of Wolfe Video hide caption
A man uses the dating app Tinder in New Delhi in 2015. Tsering Topgyal/AP hide caption
As head of the LGBT Liaison Unit, Sgt. Jessica Hawkins trains officers how to respond to crimes involving LGBT people and does community outreach. Raquel Zaldivar/NPR hide caption