When Did You Know and Who Did You Tell?

Jade is transgendered. I met Jade through Gina (see chapter four). Jade is open and willing to share her story with the intention of helping those on the same journey. She is kind and the age of eight, although born a boy, Jade knew she was meant to be a girl. She acted like a girl, dressed as a girl and played with dolls. Her mother assumed it was a phase that she would grow out of. Her first attempt at suicide was at the age of