Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) Mai i te wā ka whānau mai tātou, ko te pātai tuatahi ka pātaitia ki ō tātou mātua, "He tama, he kotiro rānei?" Ko te whakautu ki taua pātai ohie, ka kitea e ia te huarahi me te huarahi o te tamaiti mo nga tau kei te heke mai; heoi, ehara i te mea ohie te pātai. He hapa nui te pātai, ā, ko te rongo mō te hunga katoa i pātai i taua pātai ki ngā mātua hou: Kei te pātai koe ki ngā tāngata hē. E mōhio ana ahau kei te tohatoha noa iho ngā mātua i ētahi mōhiohio koiora e hāngai ana ki ngā "wāhanga" ā-tinana o tō rātau pēpi, engari ko taua pēpi ataahua anake e tika ana, e pono ana hoki ki te whakaatu i tōna ira tangata. Ka hiahia pea koe ki te hoatu i te wa iti i mua i te peita i taua ruma kōhungahunga i te mawhero kanapa, i te kōwhiri rānei i te karapu petipeti tuatahi a te rangatahi - ehara i te mea māmā noa iho. He 15 noa iho pea oku tau, ā, ko au te tuatahi ki te whakaae he iti rawa aku mōhio ki tēnei ao nui, engari he nui rawa aku mōhio ki te ira tangata, ki te whakapāhāhā kino hoki. He aha i puta ai te taiohi transgender a Jazz Jennings ki nga wahi katoa. E mōhio ana koe, i kī te tākuta ki ōku mātua, "He kōtiro", heoi kāore i tino hē. I tua atu i taku koiora, i mohio ahau he tamaiti ahau mai i te 2 o oku tau. I tino mōhio ahau ko wai ahau, ā, he wāhanga iti noa iho te koiora o te kōrerorero. Kia mahara, ko te wā i mua i taku mōhiotanga ko te tamaiti i mau ki roto i te tinana o te kotiro, he mea noa atu i te mea noa iho, ā, he wā roa i mua i te wā ka taea e au te whakapuaki i te mea e tupu ana. Heoi anō, kāore he take ki te whakapuaki i tētahi mea. He tamaiti iti ahau e whakapuaki ana i ahau i runga i te mea i roto i toku ngakau me toku hinengaro -- kaore ano kia whakararuraruhia e te koiora, e te raruraru o etahi atu, e te wehi ranei. I te mea kua pakeke ake ahau, ka whakamōhio mai ētahi atu ki ahau he "kore" tētahi mea. Ahakoa te maha o nga wa i korerotia ai ki ahau, he tamaiti ahau, ā, ko te nuinga o te hunga whai mana i mohio hoki ki taua mea. E hiahia ana ahau ki te kōrero mō te wā e wehe ai ngā tāngata, te ira tangata, me te whakawhitiwhiti whakaaro. Koinei te wā ka uru mai te kupu "tino" ki te kōrerorero. Koinei te wā ka mataku te tangata, ka whakahua i te whakapono, ka tīmata...
E mea ana a Avery Wallace i mohio ia he tamaiti ia mai i te 2 o ona tau. "I mohio au ehara i te mea kino te noho taatai, engari i mohio ano ahau kaore e whakaahuahia e au", e kii ana a Avery. E mea ana ia, ka tawai te tangata ki te mea e kore e mārama.