Almost from the moment he was born, Grayson Briggle had an identity of his own. By the time he was 3 years old he was consistently referring to himself as a boy, although he was assigned female at birth. He insisted on short haircuts and boys’ clothes.
By the time he got to first grade, his mother, Amber Briggle, knew it was time to face facts. “Are you my son?” she asked her 6-year-old. The child looked at her and quietly said, “Yes.”
That was it: family, teachers, friends’ parents, their minister – everyone got briefed. Even though the family lives in largely conservative Denton, Texas, just north of Dallas, the news turned out not to be that big of a deal. Mainly, because everyone liked Grayson.
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