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I na's story may be unusual but it's no longer guaranteed to shock. During an isolated childhood in rural Oklahoma, Ina knew she was a girl from her early years, even though her body seemed to be a boy's. Then puberty hit: "That was the hardest. My own body was staging a mutiny, even. The doctor gave her a book about gay and lesbian youth, which Ina found devastating. Having finally worked up the courage to talk about it, she was still misunderstood. She soon found another doctor who explained the particulars of "transitioning" from one sex to the other. But he wouldn't help her. Eighteen is the accepted age for beginning to transition, and she was just shy of Synthetic hormones, the first step to altering the course of sexual development, became her holy grail.
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Skip navigation! Story from Wellness. Photographer Annie Tritt started Transcending Self , her ongoing project about transgender youth, with one goal in mind: to create something real and honest. In an interview with Refinery29, she explains why: "When people are authentically themselves, they tend to be happy and we tend to be inspired by them. Tritt met her first subjects through the Northern California branch of Gender Spectrum , an organization that provides support for young trans people. Since then, parents have connected her with other families from around the country and overseas, while teens and young adults have started reaching out to her on their own. In addition to photographing her subjects, Tritt also works with them to craft personal stories to go along with their photos. She'll call or email them first, then go speak with them in person, but nothing is recorded or written down until after that. Tritt gives them or, for subjects who are still very young, their parents a list of questions, which they answer when they're alone.
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