Recent celebrity transgender headlines have put a much needed spotlight on the teenagers who are seeking their 'true selves'. Alone, with a huge secret, many of them look to suicide as a permanent solution to end their pain and confusion. Surrounded by bullies at school who call him a freak, isolated because of his secret, this young boy born in the wrong body, is at a dead end. Life is just too painful to bear another day. Desperate to end it all, he reaches out to his mother in a final attempt to find someone who might understand him.
Recent celebrity transgender headlines have put a much needed spotlight on the teenagers who are seeking their 'true selves'. Alone, with a huge secret, many of them look to suicide as a permanent solution to end their pain and confusion. Surrounded by bullies at school who call him a freak, isolated because of his secret, this young boy born in the wrong body, is at a dead end. Life is just too painful to bear another day. Desperate to end it all, he reaches out to his mother in a final attempt to find someone who might understand him.
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