"... How many of you have a roommate who's having a hard time coming to grips with having a transgender girl for a roommate?" I asked my group.
"Why do you ask?" Dr. Howe asked me. I have a roommate who's having a hard time getting used to living with transgender roommates. He name is Susan. She came here from Kalispell, Montana last week, after she was caught assaulting three classmates at her middle school. She hasn't shared her living space with a girl other than her older sister, let alone a transgender girl." I replied.
"I know how you feel," added Becky Johnson, who was in the support group with me in seventh grade.
"What can you tell us?" Mr. Harris asked her.
"...At first, she felt threatened by my mere presence; she had never heard of, let alone met, a transgender girl. She didn't now that one could change genders. One night, after we got done with our homework, we sat down in my bedroom at the dorm, and had a nice long talk. I told her about my situation, and she told me about hers. When I told her that we were the same despite of how we started out in life or how we got here, she cried her heart out. I shed a tear as I embraced her. Since then, we've practically done everything together on our off hours," she explained.