TransGeneration

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The sole freshman of the group is Raci, who was born Roy in the Philippines in 1985 and came to the U.S. with her mother when she was 15. Pretty and vivacious, Raci has identified as female since childhood. She is keenly aware of how people respond to her, an awareness that is compounded by the...

T.J.

T.J., born Tamar in Beirut, Lebanon in 1981 and raised in Cyprus, has embraced college as a place for intellectual, political and personal self-discovery. After graduating at the top of his high school class in Cyprus, T.J. received a Fulbright scholarship to study in the U.S. At Michigan State...

Gabbie

Gabbie is a 19 year old sophomore majoring in computer science at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Born Andrew in 1984, Gabbie struggled with her gender identity throughout her high school years in conservative Colorado Springs. She made attempts to come out as a transgender person, but parental disapproval sent her back into the closet. Midway through her freshman year of college, Gabbie came out for good. Since starting hormone therapy in February 2004, Gabbie has been living full-time as a woman and has blossomed with the transition. Energetic and upbeat, she has emerged from her social shell to become active in campus GLBT (gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender) groups. Her parents have agreed to pay for sexual reassignment surgery (SRS), and Gabbie is literally counting off the days until her March surgery date. She admits that it is nearly all she can think about.

Lucas

Oklahoma-born Lucas is a study in caution and deliberation. A neuroscience major who was born Leah in 1983, Lucas traces his recognition of his male identity to his early days at Smith College, which is the nation's oldest operating women's university. For three years, Lucas has refrained from...