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Within minutes, he shared with his mom, Mimi, how he felt about the news: free.  So free, in fact, that he “couldn’t feel his shoulders.” When his mom asked what he meant, he explained. It felt like such a weight had been lifted, it was as if his shoulders weren’t there anymore.  “I felt so so so relieved,” the 10-year-old, who is transgender, told Boston.com in a recent interview with his mom. “Everybody was at the edge of their seats. We didn’t know if it would stay the same or if the country would be better. And then, we really were excited for if Biden was president that...

"Transhood" Can Do Good In October, HBO released "Transhood", a compelling and beautifully made documentary that captures the journey of four families over the course of five years and helps humanize the experiences of transgender youth. Debi Jackson, a founding member of HRC’s Parents for Transgender Equality Council, and her daughter Avery are one of the four families, all living in Kansas City, who opened their homes to the filmmaker with the hope that their stories — their honesty, their authenticity, their struggles — will help other families who are on a similar journey to underst...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. It was the second line-of-duty death this year for a department still struggling to heal from the Jan. 6 insurrection. More Headlines

>> reporter: it's a big reversal slowing the push for transgender rights that zoomed ahead under president obama. the federal government took back a directive issued just last may that told public schools to let children use bathrooms that match their gender identity. the move is a blow to mimi lemay who has a transgender child. >> as a vulnerable child, he deserves to go to school every day and feel safe and be affirmed as who he is. >> reporter: the government now says a federal law called title 9 that bans sex discrimination in public schools does not apply to transgender children because g...

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