Marginalization In High School

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Throughout my early childhood and high school years, I was heavily marginalized. I have known that I am transgender since the age of three, a fact that my mom struggled to accept. We always had differing opinions on how I should dress, act and cut my hair. This used to stand as a big wall between us, but we have both greatly progressed since then. As a child in elementary school, and later again as a freshman in high school, my classmates always had something negative to say about me. Students at my school have purposely misgendered me publicly, had me banned from using multi-stall restrooms, and performed more basic acts of antagonism. Even some teachers have acted in similar fashion. This kind of behavior used to affect me very easily, however

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