courtney-summers:This is Coy Mathis, a transgender 6 year old...

courtney-summers:

This is Coy Mathis, a transgender 6 year old living in Colorado. It just so happens that my brother is in her class at Eagleside Elementary School in Fountain, Colorado. When I asked my brother how he felt about Coy he said, “She’s got really cool hair and we play on the slides at recess.” I asked what he thought about Coy’s decision to be a girl and he said, “She is a girl. She just got the wrong body on accident.” How is a 6 year old more understanding and accepting of her than many of the adults at Eagleside Elementary?

Love this child’s wise and kind commentary. We have a child like this in our neighborhood, too. Since he was a toddler, he wore princess dresses and refused to wear pants. He wears a swimsuit made for a little girl, and when he splashes around in the pool, refers to himself as a “she”. His parents are supportive of his dressing choice, but continue to refer to s/he as a “he”. Who knows what I would do in their shoes. Consider it a phase? Boldly embrace it? But it is remarkable the way kids accept things adults seen to have such a hard time wrapping collective heads around.