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The family of a Colorado transgender six-year-old is standing firm in their refusal to return their child to school unless she is allowed to use the girls’ restroom. And more than 25,000 have lent their support via a Change.org petition.

GLAD’s strong track record continues in 2013, with the ensuring of protections for transgender people and guidelines for Massachusetts schools, which they will work to ensure are enforced.

The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund recently helped a transgendered girl, 12, be readmitted to her school after she was prohibited from wearing girls’ clothes and being called by her preferred name.

When Seattle transplant Bryan Corbett volunteered at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound, he was paired with transgender youth Zoe MacGregor, and the two have built a lasting friendship.

A Pennsylvania high school teacher allegedly video taped an openly gay student and his transgender date during a prom and then showed the footage to her class, allowing students to make fun of the couple.

Zachary Avery was diagnosed with gender identity disorder, making him one of the youngest kids in the UK to have the condition.

A Girl Scout teen recently made a YouTube video calling for a boycott on Girl Scout cookies due to the organization’s acceptance of transgender children. Several anti-gay groups share the beliefs and back the boycott saying the group is also pro-choice.

The UK’s youngest transgender person recently announced that she will compete in Miss England and try to spread awareness about bullying and transgender issues.

MassResistance reacts to a Boston Globe story about a teen boy who has transitioned into a girl.

The stark divide between the direct experiences of sexual minorities and the foes who oppose their bids for equality are especially intense when it comes to the matter of transgender children, CNN discovered in the wake of a story on the issue.