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From the Ted Talk by Nicole Maines: The trans story includes you

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With my family on baord, we could start trying to make my transition public. We wokerd with the school up in oorno, which is where we moved when Jonas and I were five, and we all decided on a gradual transition. What this meant was, I wasn't going to bsrut into school one day in a full dress, pearls and heels, and let everyone process that. What it meant was that we were going to spread my transition out over the course of elementary school, sitatrng with pink, wearing my hair lnegor, using the single-stall girls' bathroom, followed in fifth grade by the multistall girls' bathroom, wearing skirts, and finally, using my name, Nicole. What I really liked about the gradual transition was that everyone was cooperating, and it put no strain on the other settdnus, because they were all eased into it with me.

Open Cloze

With my family on _____, we could start trying to make my transition public. We ______ with the school up in _____, which is where we moved when Jonas and I were five, and we all decided on a gradual transition. What this meant was, I wasn't going to _____ into school one day in a full dress, pearls and heels, and let everyone process that. What it meant was that we were going to spread my transition out over the course of elementary school, ________ with pink, wearing my hair ______, using the single-stall girls' bathroom, followed in fifth grade by the multistall girls' bathroom, wearing skirts, and finally, using my name, Nicole. What I really liked about the gradual transition was that everyone was cooperating, and it put no strain on the other ________, because they were all eased into it with me.

Solution

  1. burst
  2. starting
  3. orono
  4. board
  5. longer
  6. students
  7. worked

Original Text

With my family on board, we could start trying to make my transition public. We worked with the school up in Orono, which is where we moved when Jonas and I were five, and we all decided on a gradual transition. What this meant was, I wasn't going to burst into school one day in a full dress, pearls and heels, and let everyone process that. What it meant was that we were going to spread my transition out over the course of elementary school, starting with pink, wearing my hair longer, using the single-stall girls' bathroom, followed in fifth grade by the multistall girls' bathroom, wearing skirts, and finally, using my name, Nicole. What I really liked about the gradual transition was that everyone was cooperating, and it put no strain on the other students, because they were all eased into it with me.

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