Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I haere mai tētahi taiohi transgender maia ki mua i tōna akomanga katoa. Ko Tom Sosnik, 13, o Fresno, California, te tuatahi i pānui i te reta whakamate i tuhia e Leelah Alcorn, tētahi atu taiohi pouri i whakamate i a ia i te mutunga o te tau kua hipa. Kātahi ia ka ki atu ki ngā ākonga; 'Kāore ahau i te Mia. Kāre rawa au i tino pai.' Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko Tom Sosnik (i runga ake nei) i whakakite i a ia hei tangata whakawhiti ki tana akomanga. I ki atu a Sosnik (i runga) ki ana hoa akonga; 'Ehara ahau i a Mia. Kāore au i tino'Sosnik (i runga ake nei me te whetū Glee Lauren Potter) i a ia e Mia ana. Katahi ka mea te ākonga kura tuarua; 'Na inaianei ka tu au ki mua i a koutou i roto i taku tuakiri ira tangata pono, pono hoki, ko Tom. E tu ana ahau i mua i a koutou hei tamaiti 13 tau te pakeke.' Kātahi ka whakamārama a Tom i tana pakanga i roto i ngā tau kua hipa ake nei, me te aha i kawea mai ai ia ki te wā i puta ai tēnei whakapuaki. I whakamārama pai ia i ōna wero, e mea ana; 'Mo te wa poto, i whakakahoretia e au te meka e kino ana ahau ki toku tinana. I mea ahau he makona ahau ki te mea i tohaina ki ahau, tae noa ki te wa i pakaru ai ahau. I tīmata a Sosnik i tana kōrero mā te pānui i te reta whakamomori o Leelah Alcorn (i runga ake nei) I tāpiri atu ia; 'I haere ahau i roto i te raupapa o nga pakaru kino. Ka tū au i raro i te wai i roto i te kaukau e tangi ana. I mohio ahau kāore au i te harikoa.' I whai wā hoki ia ki te whakamōhio atu ki ētahi atu ākonga mēnā kei te raru rātau ki tō rātau tuakiri, aronga rānei, kei reira ia mō rātau. 'Kei te hiahia ahau kia mohio koe ahakoa kaore tetahi atu e whakaae ki a koe, ka whakaae tonu ahau,' i kii ia. Mēnā kei te pānui koe i tēnei, ko te tikanga kua whakamate au, ā, kua kore e mukua tēnei pou i taku rārangi. Tena, kaua e pouri, he pai ake. Ko te oranga i ora ai au, kāore e tika ana kia ora i roto... nā te mea he tāne ahau. Ka taea e au te whakamārama taipitopito i te take i penei ai taku whakaaro, engari ko te mea pea ka roa rawa tenei reta. Hei whakamāramatanga noa iho, he kotiro ahau e mau ana i roto i te tinana o te tamaiti, ā, kua pēnei tonu taku āhua mai i te whā o oku tau. Kāore au i mōhio he kupu mō taua whakaaro, kāore hoki i taea e te tamaiti te huri hei kotiro, nō reira kāore au i kōrero ki tētahi, ā, ko...
I puta mai a Tom Sosnik hei tangata whakawhiti i roto i tētahi kōrero ki ōna hoa akomanga. 'Kāore au i te Mia. Kāre rawa au i tino pai,' i kī a Tom, 13, ki te akomanga. I tīmata ia i tana kōrero mā te pānui i te reta whakamomori o tētahi atu taiohi whakawhiti, a Leelah Alcorn, i whakamate i a ia anō i te tau kua hipa.