Beyond Magenta: Transgender teens speak out
by Susan Kuklin

For those of you just coming on board, i am the parent or a trans gender child.  My middle child, Ronin was born with boy parts, but, quite honestly, anyone who has watched this child grow up would tell you how magical and androgynous she has always been.  I won't go into our whole story right now, but what i WILL do is direct your attention to a book that i bought for her last spring that quite possibly helped her to release a bit of fear and anxiety about her life and her struggles.  

Award winning author and photographer Susan Kuklin interviewed and photographed 4 separate young transgender adults and has compiled their stories and images in this hard cover "coffee table" type book.  These 4 people tell their stories, talk about love, hard ache and everything in between.  In the times we're living where our children now have role models like Laverne Cox and Janet Mock gracing the covers of magazines, and telling their stories, let's not forget to give a voice to those young folks who are still maneuvering the dark waters of what it means to be transgender in the world today.

Here are the links to parts I & II of Kuklin's interviews on Pirate Tree and her website.

http://www.thepiratetree.com/2014/03/13/beyond-magenta-an-interview-with-susan-kuklin-part-i/

http://www.thepiratetree.com/2014/03/20/beyond-magenta-an-interview-with-susan-kuklin-part-ii/

http://www.susankuklin.net/