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Why \u2018National Geographic\u2019 put a trans<\/a> girl<\/a> on its cover<\/b><\/p>\n

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There\u2019s a wonderful post<\/a> over at National Geographic<\/em>, explaining their groundbreaking new cover. The image is of Avery Jackson,\u00a0a 9-year-old\u00a0girl<\/a> in Kansas City. She\u2019s the first\u00a0openly trans<\/a> person to appear on the cover of the magazine, and people are\u00a0freaking out<\/em>. (Both good and bad.)<\/p>\n

\u201cMore than a few have vowed to cancel their subscriptions,\u201d the NG<\/em> editors write. But they felt that it was important to include her in this\u00a0issue, which focuses mainly on\u00a0how gender roles are affecting young people.\u00a0Inside the magazine, there are portraits of 80 9-year-olds from 8 different countries, and the editors hail Jackson as \u201cstrong and proud.\u201d<\/p>\n

The issue notes that the very concept of gender is in a state of evolution \u2014 far from when Freud declared that gender is destiny. \u201cMany of us learned in high school biology that sex<\/a> chromosomes determine a baby\u2019s sex<\/a>, full stop: XX means it\u2019s a girl<\/a>; XY means it\u2019s a boy<\/a>. But on occasion, XX and XY don\u2019t tell the whole story,\u201d writes\u00a0Robin Marantz Henig.<\/p>\n

The piece concludes that particularly now, in the digital age, young people face new opportunities (and challenges) brought about by growing flexibility when it comes to self-identifying. On balance, the editors seem confident that that is a good thing: they hope, they write, that the cover can spark conversation about what\u2019s changed and how much more progress remains.<\/p>\n

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Why \u2018National Geographic\u2019 put a trans<\/a> girl<\/a> on its cover There\u2019s a wonderful post over at National Geographic, explaining their groundbreaking new cover. The image is of Avery Jackson,\u00a0a 9-year-old\u00a0girl<\/a> in Kansas City. She\u2019s the first\u00a0openly trans<\/a> person to appear on the cover of the magazine, and people are\u00a0freaking out. 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