Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakamatea e tētahi taiohi whakawhiti ira tangata tōna ora kotahi tau i muri mai i tana noho hei ākonga whakawhiti ira tangata tuatahi i whakawhiwhia ki te karauna o te kura tuarua i tōna tāone. I mate a Blake Brockington, nāna i tautoko i ngā tika o te hunga iti ā-ira i muri i tana putanga mai hei tangata whakawhiti i tōna tau tuarua, i te pō o te Mane, i pūrongotia e te whakaputanga LGBT QNotes. I whakaingoatia te 18-tau-tau, a, i muri mai ka karaunahia hei kingi o te kura tuarua o East Mecklenburg i Charlotte, North Carolina i te tau kua hipa i mua i tana tohu. E whakapono ana koinei te wa tuatahi i whakawhiwhia ai tetahi akonga transgender ki te taitara i Charlotte, e ai ki QNotes. Ko Blake Brockington, i whakaahuahia i a ia e karaunatia ana hei kingi mo te hokinga mai o te tau kua hipa, kua mate ia. Ka tūtohu a Brockington mō ngā tika mō ngā tāngata iti ā-ira, ā, i ārahi i ngā hui whakahē i te tukino a te pirihimana. 'Kei te tino whakaaro ahau he mea me mahi tenei e au,' i kii a Brockington ki te whakaputanga. I wikitoria ia i te taitara i muri i te kohikohi moni nui rawa atu mo te kaupapa atawhai i tohua e te kura, Mothering Across Continents, a i kii ia ko te tumanako ko tana angitu ka hoatu ki nga tamariki transgender, tae atu ki tetahi tamaiti e iwa-tau te pakeke i whakaakona e ia, te kaha me te whakatenatena. 'Kāore au e hiahia kia mataku ia,' i mea a Brockington. 'E whakaaro ana ahau mēnā ka mahia e au tēnei, he haki whero tērā mā te katoa hei ki atu, "Kāore he tangata e mataku ki te noho ko ia anō, ā, me whai wāhi ōrite te katoa ki te whai wheako kura tuarua ahuareka".' Engari i a ia e korero ana ki te Charlotte Observer i te marama o Hanuere, ka whakaatu a Brockington i te uaua o te tukanga kingi o te whare. 'Koira anake te wāhanga tino uaua o taku haerenga whakawhiti,' i mea ia. 'I korerotia ngā mea tino kino i runga i te Ipurangi. He uaua. I kite ahau i te iti o te whakaaro o te ao.' Nga tau o te tamarikitanga: Ko Brockington e whakaahuahia ana hei peepi me tetahi whanaunga. I whakaarahia ia hei kotiro engari i kii ia kaore ia i pai ki te mau kakahu wahine ana ka puta mai ia hei tangata whakawhiti i tana tau tuarua o te kura tuarua. Fight: Blake, i whakaahuahia i mua i te huihuinga mo te tutu pirihimana i te tau kua hipa, i kii tana...
Ko te taiohi o North Carolina a Blake Brockington i whakamate i a ia ano i te po o te Mane. I te raumati o te tau kua hipa, i karaunatia ia hei kingi o te kura tuarua o East Mecklenburg - ko te wa tuatahi i riro ai i tetahi akonga whakawhiti te taitara i Charlotte. Kāore i taea e tōna whānau te whakaae ki tōna tuakiri ira tangata i muri i tana kī atu ki a rātau he tāne ia i tōna tau tuarua o te kura, ā, i neke atu ia ki tētahi whānau whāngai. He kaitautoko ia mo nga tika LGBT, a i whakahaerehia e ia nga huihuinga mo te tutu a nga pirihimana i te tau kua hipa.