Via the Advocate comes a wonderful interview with the family of a gender variant child, five-year-old Dyson. (Video below.) Dyson’s mother even wrote a book, My Princess Boy: A mom’s story about a young boy who loves to dress up, for other families like theirs.

I have not yet read the book myself, but the clip below is great—not only do Dyson’s mother, father, and older brother express their support, but so do several local teachers. The school even supported Dyson, who wore a princess Halloween costume to class, by having several of the male staff dress up and perform as princesses, too (and in a respectful way, not a teasing one).

I’m not sure I agree with the wisdom of having Dyson sitting there during the interview while the adults are discussing being gender variant on a grown-up level—I can imagine it might make him even more conscious of being “different”—but his family and teachers’ love and support shine through. It’s a wonderful antidote to all of the stories we’ve heard lately about the lack of support for LGBTQ students in schools. Happy weekend!

(Some browsers seem not to support the embedded video. Here’s a link to the original.)

If you’re looking for more resources on gender variant children, see my previous post on the subject.

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