‘Transgender Kids Camp’ Gives Hope to Transgender Kids

TLC’s special Transgender Kids Camp followed a summer camp dedicated solely to transgender kids. The camp is as a safe place where transgender kids and their parents can meet others like them.

Maxy, 12, fondly looked back at her four trips to the camp. She said, “The first time I went to camp I was, like, I’m just going to be quiet and play on my phone in a hoodie. And then I met other friends, and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh!’ And every year we went back.”

Many of the parents felt stress from raising a transgender kid and used the camp as a way to related to one another and share their experiences. One parent said in a group meeting, “She says, 'I don’t want to live. Why did God make me this way?’ And just completely sobbing. And it rips the heart out of you because this is not what you want your kid to feel.”

The special shed light on the struggles that come from being and raising a transgender child and the importance of having a safe place to talk about the issues that relate to them.

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