Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Why 16-Year-Old Transgender Teen Jane Doe Might Have Run

Why 16-Year-Old Transgender Teen Jane Doe Might Have Run

She was patient. She waited for months and even years for the world to do right by her. She waited for her chance to be loved, supported and to survive.

But, 11 years after she first became involved with the Connecticut Department of Children and Families ("DCF"), eight years after first being sexually assaulted while under the supervision of DCF, eight months after being placed in solitary confinement at a facility for boys, five months after being sent to prison without ever being charged with a crime, and three months after being singled out for punishment following an incident that involved three other young people, Jane Doe simply could not tolerate it any longer.

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