No more games.
While you can still try and solve the puzzles to get to the Pico x Chico x Coco secret site over on Shotalicious.org, you don't have to in order to get the latest OAV from Natural High. That's right, now that the storm has settled somewhat, you can download the third video directly on that site's videos page. Labels: boys, sex, shota, shotalicious, trap
You may find another surprise on the video page too if you're paying attention.
If you DO have access to the secret site, make sure you do all your downloading before December 11th. That day I'm taking it and all of the Pico videos down and we'll be (perhaps gratefully for some people) moving on to something else.
Enjoy and if you think about it and have the ability, I am very grateful for any and all donations you'd like to make to help with the hosting costs of the site. I'm pretty sure the bandwidth can hold now that many people have already downloaded the new video, but a few bucks to show your thanks is always appreciated.
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Pretty Boy Poll Results and New Question!
Alright. We finally drew lines in the sand. Pico, the original trap. Chico, the boyish one. Coco, the new mystery. Which one did pixiesticks fans pick as their favorite? Labels: pretty boy poll, shota, trap
No real surprise here, perhaps, Chico won the poll pretty soundly. Perhaps it's the fact that he only cross-dresses part of the time. Maybe it's because he was just absolutely adorable in both of the videos he's been in. Whatever the case, winning the poll with 42%, Chico is our winner!
In second place, the title character, Pico. We've seen this boy come a long way from holding ice cream in the passenger side of an older man's car. Pico's cut his hair, molested his new found friend, and now is pretty much in charge of his own shota universe. Pico won over the votes of 29% of you.
Having to fight the fact he was the newest and most female in apperance, Coco still made a very strong third place showing. So mysterious and oh so sexy, Coco is introduced in third video as one who is with you always. He first enchants and sexes up Pico, then Chico, and then, after a brief disappearance nabs them both. Awesome. Coco obtained 17% of the vote.
So what about the 12% of the people who said Whatever. Well, obviously they are on the wrong fucking website.
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A rare cross-(dress)-post?
Over on shotalicious.org's video page tonight, I've posted my first AMV (and dare I say maybe the world's first?) for Pico x Chico x Coco. It doesn't require you to solve any puzzles or anything, so check it out! Labels: shota, shotalicious, trap
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Photos from Anime Weekend Atlanta 2008
Labels: anime, boys, Fang, manga, shota, trap
Rasler and Ashe from Final Fantasy 12
Fran from Final Fantasy 12
Delicious winged bishounen (anime reference needed, tell me in comments!)
Ruroni Kenshin
OMFG delicious Envy from FMA.
Can't label. Too busy fapping. Good God he's fucking hot.
Vayne from Final Fantasy 12
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More Pictures from DragonCon 2008
Labels: anime, boys, DJ Kaze and Tatsuo, dragoncon, movies, shota, trap
Shota who later won Best In Show - Children's Division
I Believe In Harvey Dent
Bunny Girl Maid
A Sim
It's a trap!
DJ Seme/Uke and DJ Kaze
Jovokas being fucking hot.
An Alien and its Master
Rouge from Cruxshadows
Captain Spaulding from House of 1,000 Corpses / Devil's Rejects.
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More rapid fire news!
*** WaMu fails. J.P. Morgan buys it up. Labels: boys, congress, internets, local news, money, personal, school news, trap
*** Lots of screaming, even Treasury guy Paulson was on his knees at one point, but no deal was reached in the Big Bank Bailout of 2008™.
*** There are Chinese people in orbit above the earth RIGHT THIS MOMENT!
*** I responded to a personals ad on Craig's List. We'll see what happens, if anything. (No, it wasn't for hot tranny action, but I'm willing to experiment.)
*** Retards think that Clayton State College lost their accreditation when Clayton County schools did. They didn't.
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Youngest transgendered person to take on pop stardom.
A GIRL believed to be the youngest person in the world to have a sex change is set to become a pop star. Labels: Germany, health news, music news, trap
Kim Petras - originally called Tim - changed sex after she started hormone treatment at the age of just twelve.
Now 16-year-old Kim is ready to storm the charts with her first album after landing a record deal.
The German teenager has overcome years of taunts and bullying to release her first CD after becoming a cult hit on MySpace and You Tube.
Kim, who is now officially registered as a female and has long blonde hair and blue eyes, said: “My music is most important to me at the moment. It’s the way I can best express myself.
“I know that because of my past people will always bring up the subject, I can’t get away from it.
“But I hope that one day I might be better known for my music than for my past.”
Kim was diagnosed as a transsexual three years ago.
Doctors and psychiatrists concluded that her claims to be "in the wrong body" were so deeply felt that she required treatment.
Her therapy included artificially halting male puberty - with a series of potent hormone injections.
She was then administered female hormones to initiate the development of her breasts.
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DragonCon 2008 - Photos!
I have probably a dozen more but the roll of film (yeah, actual film) they are on is not yet used up. I'll find something to take the rest of the shots with, but this should satiate you for now. Labels: anime, boys, Candy, dragoncon, epic, Fang, local news, manga, movies, nakedness, personal, shota, television, trap, yaoi
Candy and Geoff
Dark Elf perhaps?
Cyril works with Cruxshadows
Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance
Frank Conniff, TV's Frank from MST3K
Trace Beaulieu, Dr. Clayton Forrester from MST3K
Joel Hodgson, Joel Robinson from MST3K
Drew
The hottest boy I found.
THIS IS SPARTA!!!
Beam me up.
Larsa from Final Fantasy 12 perhaps?
Wood Elf
Shota trap assassin.
(Formerly a loli who works for the Umbrella Corp.)
Sailor trap.
Handsome Cleric perhaps?
Edward Scissorhands Cosplay.
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Quick news and notes.
* Today is the last day you can vote in the current Pretty Boy Poll Labels: /b/, anime, dragoncon, Elf, international news, internets, later skater, pixiesticks, Russia, sports news, trap, yaoi
* Related perhaps, please keep the *chan conversations off the tagboard. I don't want to gain notoriety with those folks. It would only end poorly for my sites, I'm sure.
* Boku No Sexual Harassment OAV 3 is now available over on shotalicious.org
* Any donations you'd like to make to help me get to DragonCon and/or Anime Weekend Atlanta this year would be much appreciated. Buying a book gets you a book and me 4 bucks so maybe it's time to finally get your copy?
* Stupid sexy Randy Orton got into a motorcycle accident just after he was cleared medically to return to the WWE and now is out -another- 3-6 months. Damn you Orton!
* I really thought the Opening Ceremony for Beijing's Olympics were the most beautiful thing ever televised.
* In Soviet Russia, Georgia will become part of you. (By force if necessary, apparently.)
* Happy (belated) Birthday Elf.
* Over on the secret Pico x Chico x Coco Hype site, the AMV for Boku No Pico has been fixed to where it now includes sound. Yeah, it kinda helps to have sound in an anime MUSIC video.
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Coco's puzzle has arrived.
This is your last puzzle to try and figure out how to break into the shotalicious secret stash area. If you couldn't figure out Pico's cryptogram... If you couldn't figure out Chico's clock brain teaser... Maybe you'll fare better with Coco's rebus puzzle. Labels: pixiesticks, shota, shotalicious, trap
As always don't give out any answers or hints in the tag-board or over on shotalicious.org's message board. Keep it fun for everyone.
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XXY Trailer
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LOGO dubs Mary's in Atlanta: Best Gay Bar in US
It's nearing midnight on Saturday, and a gaggle of women in trendy dresses snake their way through Mary's bar in a cloud of perfume and make-up. Labels: breeder news, clubbing, gay news, local news, television, trap
The women walk past a transgender woman waiting to sing Elton John at karaoke. They push through a throng of white and black gay men deep in conversation about the presidential election. They sidestep an East Atlanta local who walks down in a baseball cap to grab a beer.
"We're not here for the men, and they're not interested in us," one woman says, explaining why she and her friends — all straight — headed out to a gay bar in the East Atlanta Village for the night. "We're just out to have a good time."
The word about good times at Mary's has apparently gotten out. Logo, a cable channel geared to the gay community, last month named Mary's the best gay bar in the country.
The best gay bar in the country? As in, better than the swank spots in L.A. with guest lists and lines of wannabes at the door. Better than the New York clubs where Lindsay Lohan was known to jump on stage and sing (pre-breakdown, of course).
Mary's, named for the campy term of endearment among some gay men, is a self-described dive bar known mostly for its karaoke. It's where kitschy theme nights feature the likes of a Double-Dutch jump rope battle or dressing up as your favorite Frenchie for Bastille Day.
"At Mary's you never know who is sitting next to you or what will happen next," said John Polly, the editor with Logo Online who collected a national panel of travel writers, journalists, party promoters and gay celebrities to decide what rose to the top. "People are charmed by that."
Put another way, anything can happen at Mary's. It often does.
Co-owner Mike Dover remembers the time a giant RV lumbered into the back parking lot. A lesbian couple decked out in tie-dye were on their way home to Florida from the Bonnaroo music festival in Tennessee when they called around to bars in Atlanta. Mary's had the nicest person answer the phone, so they decided to stop there.
Meanwhile, a limo dropped off a bachelorette party at the front door. Tipsy and celebrating, they wanted to have another toast to the soon-to-be bride.
On most nights, Mary's is a mix of gay and neighborhood patrons. But everyone is welcome in the two-story bar, where the ceiling drips white Christmas lights and '60s and '70s paintings adorn the walls.
"All the things that are right about Atlanta get reflected in this bar," said co-owner Bill Overall. "It's the mix of people in a place where it all just comes together."
Adds Dover, "We're neighborhood people, gay people, straight people, black people, white people. Why can't we all go to the same place?"
That attitude of a gay Cheers — only not too gay — strikes a chord with regulars and newbies alike.
Tara O'Bryan had just moved to Georgia last year when a friend took her to Mary's. A transgender singer, O'Bryan was expecting a cookie cutter gay bar, where she would feel isolated by not fitting the mold.
Instead, her regular table in the corner became known as the Diva Section by other regulars and staffers. It was where, two weeks ago, her boyfriend got down on one knee and proposed.
"It doesn't really surprise me that this is the best gay bar in the entire nation," said the 27-year-old O'Bryan. "I'm just glad they got it right."
A few minutes later, O'Bryan pierced the bar sounds with her take on "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me," the Elton John song. "I can't light no more of your darkness," she sang.
The crowd cheered while others waited for their turn at the karaoke mic. The next wave of songs would feature tunes from the '80s, Motown and even some country.
At Mary's, there's something for everybody.
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Tits or GTFO.
(Follow up to It's An Olympic Trap post.) Labels: sports news, trap
For more than a year, officials in Beijing have been designing a special laboratory to determine the sex of any athletes taking part in this year's Olympic games. "Suspected athletes will be evaluated from their external appearances by experts and undergo blood tests to examine their sex hormones, genes and chromosomes for sex determination," says Professor Tian Qinjie. The tests will not be conducted on every female athlete, but will be required if serious doubts have been raised about an individual competitor - invariably one competing in the women's events. "The aim is to protect fairness at the games while also protecting the rights of people with abnormal sexual development," he says.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) introduced sex testing in 1968 at the Olympic games in Mexico City, after the masculine appearance of some competitors, many pumped up by anabolic steroids, had started to raise questions about the gender of athletes in female events. Unsurprisingly, gender-determination tests were seen as degrading, with female competitors having to submit to humiliating and invasive physical examinations by a series of doctors. Later, the IOC decided to use a supposedly more sophisticated genetic test, based on chromosomes. Women usually have two X chromosomes; men an X and a Y chromosome. So, according to the rules of the test, only those athletes with two X chromosomes could be classed as women. However, many geneticists criticised the tests, saying that sex is not as simple as X and Y chromosomes and is not always simple to ascertain.
It is thought that around one in 1,000 babies are born with an "intersex" condition, the general term for people with chromosomal abnormalities. It may be physically obvious from birth - babies may have ambiguous reproductive organs, for instance - or it may remain unknown to people all their lives. At the Atlanta games in 1996, eight female athletes failed sex tests but were all cleared on appeal; seven were found to have an "intersex" condition. As a result, by the time of the Sydney games in 2000, the IOC had abolished universal sex testing but, as will happen in Beijing, some women still had to prove they really were women.
Transsexuals, who have had a sex change from male to female, can compete in women's events in the Olympics, as long they wait two years after the operation.
The following are some of the more famous instances when female athletes were caught in the gender trap.
Santhi Soundarajan
One of the most tragic recent cases is yet to reach a conclusion. Soundarajan, a 27-year-old Indian athlete, has had to endure public humiliation after she was stripped of her silver medal for the 800m at the Asian games in 2006. Soundarajan, who has lived her entire life as a woman, failed a gender test, which usually includes examinations by a gynaecologist, endocrinologist, psychologist and a genetic expert. The precise results of the test have not been made public, but it has been reported that the likely cause is a condition called Androgen insensitivity syndrome, where a person has the physical characteristics of a woman but whose genetic make-up includes a male chromosome. The Canadian cyclist Kristen Worley, who has undergone sex reassignment surgery, is one of a number of people who are calling for Soundarajan's medal to be reinstated. "It should never have been handled in such a gross manner, amounting to public humiliation because of their ignorance of her condition," Worley has said. "The Olympic movement has been dealing with intersex people since the 1930s. You'd think they would have got the hang of it by now." The humiliation and prospect that her career may be over has taken its toll on Soundarajan. In September, Indian newspapers reported that she had survived a suicide attempt.
Edinanci Silva
Born with both male and female sex organs, the Brazilian judo player had surgery in the mid-90s so that she could live and compete as a woman. According to the IOC, this made her eligible to participate in the games and she competed in Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Athens in 2004. In Sydney, she beat the Australian judoka Natalie Jenkins, who raised the issue of Silva's gender in a press conference, constantly referring to her as "he". "I have never fought that one before. My plan was not to grip with her, she's - he's - very strong," she said. Silva gave a mouth swab to officials, which proved she was female.
Dora Ratjen
In the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin, Adolf Hitler wanted to show the world the supremacy of the Aryan race - and he needed German athletes to win. Ratjen, notable for her deep voice and her refusal to share the shower room with the other female athletes, was Germany's entry for the women's high jump. She came fourth. Britain's competitor, Dorothy Tyler, who won a silver medal, remembers her. "I had competed against Dora and I knew she was a man," she says. "You could tell by the voice and the build. But 'she' was far from the only athlete. You could tell because they would always go into the toilet to get changed. We'd go and stand on the seat of the next-door cubicle or look under the door to see if we could catch them." Tyler held the world record for the high jump, but when officials wrote to her telling her that Ratjen had broken it, she wrote back. "I said: 'She's not a woman, she's a man,'" she says. "They did some research and found 'her' serving as a waiter called Hermann, so I got my world record back again." Dora, who had been born Hermann Ratjen, had in fact been a member of the Hitler Youth and said that the Nazis had forced him to enter as a woman.
Stella Walsh
At one point, Walsh, a Polish-American sprinter, was the fastest woman in the world. Born Stanislawa Walasiewicz in Poland in 1911, she grew up in the United States, although she represented her country of birth at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics, winning gold and silver medals respectively for the 100m sprint. During her long career, she set more than 100 national and world records and was inducted into the American Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1975. She lived her entire life as a woman, and even had a short-lived marriage to an American man. In 1980, Walsh was killed by mistake during an armed robbery at a shopping mall in Cleveland, Ohio. The postmortem revealed she had male genitalia, although this did not prove that she was a man as she was also found to have both male and female chromosomes, a genetic condition known as mosaicism.
Heidi Krieger
It is believed that as many as 10,000 East German athletes were caught up in a nightmarish state-sponsored attempt to build a race of superhuman communist sports heroes and force-fed cocktails of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. One of them was Heidi Krieger, a shot putter. When she was 16, her coach put her on steroids and contraceptive pills and she gained weight, built muscle and started to develop body hair. By 1986, aged 20, she was European champion. Her overdeveloped physique had put a huge amount of pressure on her frame, causing medical problems, while the drugs had caused mood swings, depression and resulted in at least one suicide attempt. By the mid-90s, Krieger underwent gender reassignment surgery and changed her name to Andreas. She had already been confused about her gender, but felt that the drugs had pushed her over the edge. "I didn't have control," Krieger told the New York Times four years ago. "I couldn't find out for myself which sex I wanted to be." At the trial in 2000 of Manfred Ewald, the East German sports official and architect of the doping regime, Krieger said "They just used me like a machine".
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It's an Olympic Trap!
Olympic host Beijing has set up a sex determination lab to test female Olympic athletes suspected to be males, state media reported Sunday. Labels: China, sports news, trap
Experts at the lab, located at the Peking Union Medical College Hospital, will evaluate dubious cases based on their external appearance and take blood samples testing sex hormones, genes and chromosomes, Xinhua news agency said.
Sex testing has been routine at the Olympics and other sports events for decades, triggered by fears that male athletes sought to cheat by posing as women.
Indian athlete Santhi Soundarajan was stripped of an Asian Games silver medal in 2006 after failing a gender verification test.
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Pretty Boy Poll result and new question.
Transgendered, intersexed, and other gender identity issues. These have become new battlegrounds for rights in America. Up until very recently, Congress hadn't even held as much as a hearing on the subject matter. Now it's currently being debated on if such things should be added to non-discrimination policies among other legislation. Labels: pretty boy poll, trap
So I asked if you were, or knew anyone that this all applied to. The results may surprise you.
22 people that responded said, they, themselves were transgendered, intersexed, or had another sort of gender identity situation.
29 people said that they knew lots of people like that.
42 people said they had one person in their life they knew, kind of making them the token tranny I suppose.
26 people said they did not know anyone who considered themselves transgendered or something of the like.
6 people didn't want to use Google to figure out what we were talking about. (GOOGLE MOTHERFUCKER DO YOU USE IT?!)
A new question is up for vote very shortly.
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All Proud Out.
Considering I go out pretty much every weekend, Pride Weekend for me was just more. More nights. More people. More everything. Including more nothing, as in, I still managed to not get any. Labels: alcohol, boys, breeder news, clubbing, colin, DJ Kaze and Tatsuo, Elf, gay news, Heretic, money, music, personal, shotalicious, The Body Shop, trap, work
I was offered, but the guy who did was none to my liking despite us having some things in common. He just didn't have the looks I'd need to appreciate making the beast with two backs with.
As for my own pursuits, I managed to drive a guy that I've known for a few months home, and nothing happened there either. He's taller than I, short short blond cropped hair, and is a few years older, yet looks a few years younger. And though we're kissing friends, that's where we still remain.
Still, the extended weekend wasn't too bad of a bust. I spent just shy of what I expected thanks partially to Kaze and Tat being so generous as well as managing to sweet talk my way on The Bodyshop's guest list. To bad DJ Duo Yoshi Mac put on a marginal set. In fact, all the DJs seemed to be taking no chances with their oversized crowds.
I have one more day off, tomorrow, before I go back to work bright and early Tuesday morning. And I think that's just fine. I need to get my finances boosted back to smoother levels anyway.
As for updates on the site: Provided thunderstorms don't strike yet again tomorrow, I'll be back to posting a handful of shotalicious goodies then.
Ah yes, one more bit of information: Elf's housewarming party on Thursday went down as actually one of the highlights of the whole weekend. While I was surrounded by breeders, this fag actually took it in stride and had a good time even when I wasn't following my favorite trap around like a lost puppy.
Happy Pride to you all whenever your area celebrates such. And honestly, be proud year round!
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I only cross-post when it's really fucking important.
Labels: epic, personal, porn, shota, shotalicious, trap
Natural High's official site has an October 9th, 2008 release date in place for Pico x Chico x Coco. I'm confident it'll get put on the web as soon as its released considering this thing is so long awaited. It's reportedly going to be twice as long as the other two groundbreaking shota releases.
Oh. And October 9th also happens to be my 30th birthday. I so sure I don't look a day over bishounen-age right?
Also, cocks.
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"Hey that's no loli! What the fuck man?!" -- Pedobear
TOKYO - A Japanese man was arrested for trespassing this week after turning up at a high school dressed in a girl's uniform and a long wig, local police said. Labels: /b/, bizzare news, Japan, loli, school news, trap
Thirty-nine-year-old Tetsunori Nanpei told police he had bought the uniform over the Internet and put it on to take a stroll near the school in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Wednesday, the daily Asahi Shimbun said.
When students standing outside the gates started to scream at the sight of him, he dashed inside the school grounds, hoping to blend in with the crowds of teenagers, the paper said.
They also screamed, forcing the man to flee, losing his wig in the process. A school clerk pursued him and stopped him at a nearby riverbank, the paper said.
Police confirmed the arrest of the man in school uniform and wig but declined to give further details.
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More news quickies
*** Another school shooting. Many injured. Some dead including shooter. The cycle never ends. Labels: colin, crime drama, Elf, holiday news, personal, school news, trap, youth news
*** This weekend Colin and Elf are going to Tenn. to explore some stuff. Hopefully not their sexuality. Oh noes! Nah, it's cool. Colin is straight and Elf still has boy parts much to everyone's dismay. Still, besides all of that, what the heck am I going to do this weekend? I'm going to be so bored!
*** Possibly related: Valentine's Day sucks.
*** Work has been extremely busy this week and even more so today. So many effin' deliveries, so little time.
*** Since I had some cash, I signed up for a year of Neopets Premium. It's groovy. I had it a long time ago (thanks Steph!) and I'm very happy to have it back. If you play on Neopets and want a Premium invite neomail me at vyddendarkblade!
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Shota wants to be a loli in Colorado, school actually will accommodate!
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colorado – The issue of being transgender usually pops up with students in high school. However, a 2nd grade boy wants to dress as a girl and wants teachers and students to address him with a girl's name. Labels: controversial, loli, school news, shota, trap
"As a public school system, our calling is to educate all kids no matter where they come from, what their background is, beliefs, values, it doesn't matter," said Whei Wong, Douglas County Schools spokesperson.
Wong says the staff at one of Douglas County's schools is preparing to accommodate the student and answer questions other students might have. In order to protect the child as much as possible, local news stations has chosen not to reveal his school or other names that might identify the child.
"I see this as being a very difficult situation to explain to my daughter to explain why someone would not want to be the gender they were born with," said Dave M.
His daughter will be in the same class as the student.
The student had attended this same school in years prior, but had left to go to classes in another district for about two years. The transgender student will be returning to what is the child's home school. Dave M. thinks classmates will recognize the change.
"I do think that there's going to be an acknowledgement that 'Why are you in a dress this year when you were in pants last year?'" said Dave M.
Wong says teachers are planning to address the student by name instead of using he or she. The child will not use the regular boys or girls bathroom. Instead, two unisex bathrooms in the building will be made available. The school is handing out packets to parents who have questions. The packets contain information about people who are transgender.
"I think it is unusual," said Wong. "It's something we haven't had discussions about before. It's something that we haven't maybe really had to think about before, but now we will."
Family Therapist Larry Curry hopes the child and the child's parents are seeing a counselor just to be safe.
"I am very concerned because with the guidelines in place, this is a very early age," said Curry. "I don't know too many parents who are equipped to answer that kind of question or deal with it without some other support."
Kim Pearson says the family is getting support. She is the executive director of a national organization called TransYouth Family Advocates. The group has been working with the family and Douglas County Schools.
"Initially there was a lot of resistance," said Pearson. "Now, their position is they want this child to be safe in their school."
Pearson says their group is working with an increasing number of families nationwide who have elementary age transgender kids.
"We know that families are more comfortable talking about this," she said. "There was no place for parents to go."
Pearson says children as young as 5 years old are realizing their true gender identity and her group wants to help parents who may be resisting the acceptance of this.
"Parents are likely to think this it's a phase, but how long do phases last?" said Pearson. "With these kids, it's something that's very consistent."
That thought is not comforting to Dave M., who believes his daughter is not ready to think about the issue of being transgender.
"I don't think a (2nd) grader does have the rationale to decide this life-altering choice," said Dave M.
He is also unhappy with the way the school is handling this. The district has been preparing for the child's return to this school for months. Dave M. thinks other parents should have been made aware of this sooner.
"I just find it ironic that they can dictate the dress style of children to make sure they don't wear inappropriate clothing, but they have no controls in place for someone wearing transgender clothing," said Dave M.
Curry says parents like Dave M. should not bring the issue up to their students until they ask. However, he says parents should be ready to answer tough questions from the student's fellow third graders.
"I think reassuring them and letting them know that they'll be alright. Their classmate is alright," said Curry. "This is something their classmate has chosen to do. It is not contagious."
Pearson says the most important thing is to make sure the transgender student does not become the target of bullying or verbal abuse which can lead to suicide.
"These children are at high-risk," said Pearson. "Our number one goal is to keep kids safe."
Wong says mental health professionals will be available if students, staff, or parents have any concerns at all. She says the district views this as just another diversity issue and hopes everyone can accept and respect the student's wishes.
"Our staff has been briefed and trained to look for concerns," said Wong.
The family of the transgender student did not want to comment.
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Santa's a trap!
LOS ANGELES — Some gifts from Kris Kringle are better kept wrapped. Labels: holiday news, trap
A man in a Santa hat was arrested Sunday night for investigation of drunken driving after he was spotted outside Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood wearing a wig, a red lace camisole and a purple G-string, police said.
"We are pretty sure this is not the Santa Claus," Deputy Chief Ken Garner said.
The suspect was booked into jail after his blood-alcohol level measured just above the state's legal limit of .08, police said. He was later released on $5,000 bail.
The man, who is 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 280 pounds, also wore black leg warmers and black shoes. His car was towed to an impound yard, police said.
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Chicks merges with Dicks.
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. and Chick's Sporting Goods, a privately held corporation, have entered into a definitive stock purchase agreement whereby Dick's will acquire Chick's Sporting Goods. Under the terms of the agreement, Dick's has agreed t