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In this town, the kids are generally OK. The few that aren't comfortable should be provided validation that puberty and privacy in general make for discomfort with people your gender who are cis, as well as transgender, gay, and straight. They need to be assured that what is generally found by professionals is that research shows there is no privacy and security threat.

Curtains? Great -- I could have used those in my high school, with cis, straight guys who were a foot taller than I.

The parents need more. They are more likely to have developed misconceptions and take the odd fear-mongering article too far (while ignoring the other odd fear-mongering article that points in a completely different direction). They are sometimes stuck on out-dated, debunked ideas or misplace a sense of protection for their kids (in either direction); they sometimes paint an overly-broad brush about politics being involved, teen rebellion being involved, or things being "just a phase." The right, civil, well-informed forum and discourse could lead to avoiding a messy, us-vs.-them showdown.

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