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How the bulletin board systems, email lists and Geocities pages of the early internet created a place for trans youth to find one another and explore coming out

  • Written by Avery Dame-Griff, Visiting Assistant Professor, Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies, Appalachian State University
imageIn the late 1980s, trans youth started going online to connect with others experiencing gender dysphoria.non157/iStock via Getty Images

Follow coverage of trans issues, and you’ll hear some people say that teens who change their gender identity are participating in a fad, and that social media is the culprit.

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