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On a recent Sunday in the Salaverry household in Montevideo, various members of Uruguayan transgender teenager Sebastian's family gathered for a traditional "asado," or barbecue.
The family sat around the large kitchen table, looking at photos of a young Sebastian and his older brother Ignacio.
Sebastian, who at 18 sports the shadow of a beard, holds up one photo of himself as a baby in a white dress, and laughs loudly at something his girlfriend says.
"Emotionally, he is happy, he is glowing," his mother Carla Mijares, 43, told AFP. "I see him glowing, happy, and I share in his happiness."
Salaverry just celebrated his one-year "T-anniversary" -- the day he started taking testosterone hormones to medically transition to his true gender as a man, though he had already been known as Sebastian for two years.
www.france24.com
That's because trans folk have only been around forever.
The family sat around the large kitchen table, looking at photos of a young Sebastian and his older brother Ignacio.
Sebastian, who at 18 sports the shadow of a beard, holds up one photo of himself as a baby in a white dress, and laughs loudly at something his girlfriend says.
"Emotionally, he is happy, he is glowing," his mother Carla Mijares, 43, told AFP. "I see him glowing, happy, and I share in his happiness."
Salaverry just celebrated his one-year "T-anniversary" -- the day he started taking testosterone hormones to medically transition to his true gender as a man, though he had already been known as Sebastian for two years.
Tolerant Uruguay a place for some trans citizens to 'glow' - France 24
Tolerant Uruguay a place for some trans citizens to 'glow'
www.france24.com
That's because trans folk have only been around forever.
