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National Geographic Features Young Transgender Girl on Cover
Avery Jackson, a young transgender girl featured in HRC’s Moms for Transgender Equality video series, is on the cover of National Geographic’s new special issue on the “Gender Revolution.”
“The best thing about being a girl is, now I don’t have to pretend to be a boy,” Avery says, in a quoted on the cover.
Avery’s mother, Debi Jackson, was the subject of one of HRC’s Moms for Transgender Equality videos and is a member of HRC’s groundbreaking Parents for Transgender Equality Council.
The issue shares stories of transgender and gender-expansive youth, as well as the impact their families, friends and communities have had on their transition. National Geographic visited 80 homes on more than four continents to collect these vital stories.
The issue also features Trinity Neal, whose mother, DeShanna Neal, is another member of HRC’s Parents for Transgender Equality Council. The Council is a coalition of the nation’s leading parent-advocates working for equality and fairness for transgender people. Click here to join.
As it is customary with many subscription magazines, there are two covers of the special issue. The issue that is being mailed to subscribers features Avery on the cover and the one on newsstands features a group photo. Both contain the same content inside the magazine.
The digital copy of the magazine will be available on January 3.
In September, HRC partnered with the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians to release Supporting and Caring for Transgender Children, a guide explaining what experts know about supporting our youngest transgender and gender-expansive kids, especially those in elementary school.
Last year, HRC partnered with the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Gender Spectrum, the ACLU and the National Education Association on Schools in Transition, a groundbreaking guide for K-12 administrators, teachers and parents. The guide describes the legal landscape for transgender students, discusses crucial policies that affect students’ daily experiences, and offers advice for working with families who aren’t yet supportive of their child’s identity.
To learn more about how you can support transgender and gender-expansive youth, visit www.hrc.org/trans-youth.
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