COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Alex Roberson is a senior at Wasson High School. He "came out" two years ago, when he was 16, as "trans" or transgender.
He said it was not and has not been easy.
"To me basically it is feeling like I was born in the wrong body, like I was not supposed to be born a girl but rather a boy," Roberson said. "I mean I get treated like an outcast at school. They do not come near me and it is weird in the locker rooms. I do not even change there anymore, and I do not use the bathrooms at school because I need a special pass to use the faculty bathroom."
In an attempt to meet other transgender high school and college students, Roberson started attending meetings at Inside-Out Youth Services.
It is the sole lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth organization in the El Paso County region.
"We primarily do youth support and discussion groups, and those groups are youth lead and there are adult facilitators that help the youth explore their identity and the LGBT world and issues that come up for them," said, program and volunteer coordinator Jessica Stohlmann.
Stohlmann said around 1/6 of the young people who attend Inside-Out are transgender.
For Roberson that means he has someone he can relate to.
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