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Related: About this forumNational Geographic Puts 9-Year-Old Transgender Girl on Their January Cover
National Geographic Puts 9-Year-Old Transgender Girl on Their January Cover
This is a proud moment for transgender people everywhere.
Brittney McNamara
Dec 15, 2016 6:24PM EST
http://assets.teenvogue.com/photos/58532431cc5914572edf36d0/2:3/w_331/trans-cover-lede.jpg
Courtesy of @transgirl_mom
https://twitter.com/transgirl_mom/status/706889045498933248
The January 2017 issue of National Geographic will be a historic one: it is the publication's first issue to feature a transgender person on the cover.
Sitting pretty on the magazine's cover is 9-year-old Avery Jackson, a transgender girl from Kansas City. "Gender Revolution" is displayed in large type across the cover. The magazine told Attn: Avery is the first ever transgender person to be featured on the magazine's front page.
Avery is the perfect choice for this historic milestone. She's representative of the growing visibility of transgender people, and she drives the point home that being transgender isn't a choice, but just something you are. In a quote that accompanies Avery's picture on the cover, Avery says "the best thing about being a girl is, now I don't have to pretend to be a boy."
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According to Attn:, Avery's family have been outspoken proponents of transgender rights for years. Debi, Avery's mom, features her daughter's story in a YouTube video and in a GLAAD video series. Her dad told the New York Times that raising a transgender child is the same as raising any child. A parent's role does not change, he said.
This is a proud moment for transgender people everywhere.
Brittney McNamara
Dec 15, 2016 6:24PM EST
http://assets.teenvogue.com/photos/58532431cc5914572edf36d0/2:3/w_331/trans-cover-lede.jpg
Courtesy of @transgirl_mom
https://twitter.com/transgirl_mom/status/706889045498933248
The January 2017 issue of National Geographic will be a historic one: it is the publication's first issue to feature a transgender person on the cover.
Sitting pretty on the magazine's cover is 9-year-old Avery Jackson, a transgender girl from Kansas City. "Gender Revolution" is displayed in large type across the cover. The magazine told Attn: Avery is the first ever transgender person to be featured on the magazine's front page.
Avery is the perfect choice for this historic milestone. She's representative of the growing visibility of transgender people, and she drives the point home that being transgender isn't a choice, but just something you are. In a quote that accompanies Avery's picture on the cover, Avery says "the best thing about being a girl is, now I don't have to pretend to be a boy."
....
According to Attn:, Avery's family have been outspoken proponents of transgender rights for years. Debi, Avery's mom, features her daughter's story in a YouTube video and in a GLAAD video series. Her dad told the New York Times that raising a transgender child is the same as raising any child. A parent's role does not change, he said.
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National Geographic Puts 9-Year-Old Transgender Girl on Their January Cover (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Dec 2016
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David__77
(23,423 posts)1. My reaction was apprehension.
I do hope that the child will be ok with this later on. I understand why parents may do this and also don't believe that I would do so.
Croney
(4,661 posts)2. I understand your point of view, but
the parents didn't do it, any more than parents make a gay person gay. I don't know a lot about this, but if all the necessary physical changes are made before puberty, I would think that she'd never regret it because she wouldn't know anything different, and since it makes her happy to be a girl, she'll be OK with the decisions made.
David__77
(23,423 posts)3. By "it" I meant consenting to the media exposure.
It didn't occur to me at all that the parents caused the child's gender to be what it is.
Croney
(4,661 posts)5. Oh, sorry for my misunderstanding.
David__77
(23,423 posts)7. No problem at all.
My statement wasn't clear!
riversedge
(70,243 posts)4. YES, you can now order the Nat Geo issue with Avery on the cover, even if you aren't a subscriber! .
Debi Jackson ?@transgirl_mom 18h18 hours ago
YES, you can now order the Nat Geo issue with Avery on the cover, even if you aren't a subscriber!
To order,... http://fb.me/8qxATglOY
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https://twitter.com/transgirl_mom/status/809518667025289216
MFM008
(19,818 posts)6. Nat Geo
Owned by Rupert Murdoch.
We cancelled a 40 year subscription for just that reason.
burrowowl
(17,641 posts)8. Courageous Kid!