The passengers, some of who were LGBT persons, and some that were straight, accepted me as I am. One young black man even said to me, "way to go, girl, we need more women cab drivers". There are ways of being accepted without having to go to extreme measures such as a different high school that is LGBT friendly.

I agree whole heartedly, that existing schools, whether grade, middle or high school, need to get on the band wagon and incorporate LGBT curriculum in the schools. Mainstream students need to be educated as to why we are the way we are, and what science has found we are who we are for a reason. I read online in one of the medical sites (I forget which one, at the moment) that sexuality may affect a fetus as early as 7 weeks after conception. This means that for most of us, that we are born the way we are. We live our lives according to how our brains formed while still in the womb.

Mainstream schools need to be educated about this, and that being who we are, is something we have to do. If I was to live as a "man", I would fail miserably.

This is a good article, but the problem needs to be effectively addressed in mainstream schools.