{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-572d6a42.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-f4d0de30.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='Summer Camp Embraces Young Transgender Kids' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54d593d8eafeecae1fc821' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54d593d8eafeecae1fc821' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nSummer Camp Embraces Young Transgender Kids\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eAT RAINBOW DAY CAMP, KIDS SING SONGS, PLAY BALL, MAKE ART AND DO WACKY RELAY RACES.              BUT WHAT MAKES THIS SUMMER PROGRAM UNIQUE IS THE CAMPERS IT SERVES: TRANSGENDER CHILDREN – SOME AS YOUNG AS 4 YEARS OLD.               IT'S...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAT RAINBOW DAY CAMP, KIDS SING SONGS, PLAY BALL, MAKE ART AND DO WACKY RELAY RACES.\u003cbr/\u003e              BUT WHAT MAKES THIS SUMMER PROGRAM UNIQUE IS THE CAMPERS IT SERVES: TRANSGENDER CHILDREN – SOME AS YOUNG AS 4 YEARS OLD. \u003cbr/\u003e              IT'S A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN USE THE PRONOUN OF THEIR CHOICE AND MEET OTHER TRANSGENDER KIDS AND ADULTS, INCLUDING MANY OF THE CAMP COUNSELORS.\u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE: Andrew Kramer, Rainbow Day Camp Director\u003cbr/\u003e              \"They're following their creative interests and they don't have the added stress or weight of being othered. They get to be their most authentic selves and build community with others who understand the same life experiences.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE: James Kaplan, Rainbow Day Camp camper\u003cbr/\u003e              \"People aren't like 'Oh.' They're like 'OK, that's cool,' and then we just move on.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              SANDRA COLLINS, A FORMER COLLEGE PROFESSOR, STARTED THE PROGRAM TWO YEARS AGO AFTER SHE STRUGGLED TO FIND A CAMP WHERE HER TRANSGENDER DAUGHTER WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE.\u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE: Sandra Collins, Rainbow Day Camp Founder\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I used to say that the camp began out of sadness because of this experience. But a friend encouraged me to reframe it by saying the camp began out of love, out of trying to create a safe space for my daughter and then other kids who were like her.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              ENROLLMENT HAS SINCE TRIPLED TO 60 CAMPERS FROM CALIFORNIA AND BEYOND.\u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE: Scarlett Reinhold, Camp director's daughter \u003cbr/\u003e              \"I feel comfortable for being who I am and who I want to be.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              EXPERTS SAY THE CAMP'S GROWTH MIRRORS THE SHARP INCREASE IN TRANSGENDER CHILDREN ACROSS THE COUNTRY.\u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE: Diane Ehrensaft, UCSF Child and Adolescent Gender Center Clinic\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We're definitely seeing more kids, many more kids, socially transitioning at very young ages, and the reason we're seeing them more is because we're looking for them and letting them be found.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              FOR CRITICS WHO QUESTION WHETHER PRE-SCHOOL AGE KIDS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO TRANSITION SO EARLY... DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGIST DIANE EHRENSAFT SAYS CHILDREN CAN IDENTIFY THEIR GENDER AT A VERY YOUNG AGE.\u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE: Diane Ehrensaft, UCSF Child and Adolescent Gender Center Clinic\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We expect at 2 year old to know 'I am boy, I am girl.' So why can't that also apply to transgender children?\" \u003cbr/\u003e              MOLLY MAXWELL SAYS THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WHEN HER CHILD WAS A TODDLER.\u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE: Molly Maxwell, mother of Rainbow Day camper\u003cbr/\u003e              \"When she learned to talk and have a voice, she was just very insistent that she was not a boy, she was a girl and to call her a girl.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              JAMES KAPLAN'S MOM DOESN'T REGRET ALLOWING HER CHILD TO TRANSITION.\u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE: Sara Kaplan, mother of transgender boy\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I had to mourn the loss of my daughter and at the same time welcome my son and get to know him. And as soon as he transitioned, he was happier, he was confident.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              AND BUILDING CONFIDENCE AND COMMUNITY IS WHAT RAINBOW DAY CAMP IS ALL ABOUT.\u003cbr/\u003e              TERRY CHEA, ASSOCIATED PRESS, EL CERRITO, CALIFORNIA\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              El Cerrito, California - July 12, 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Counselors and kids singing and dancing\u003cbr/\u003e              2. Boy dunks basketball\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Girl drawing picture\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Various of kids and counselors participating in wacky relay race\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Various of kids and counselors drawing pictures\u003cbr/\u003e              6. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrew Kramer, Rainbow Day Camp Director (script below)\u003cbr/\u003e              7. Various of kids and counselors drawing\u003cbr/\u003e              8. SOUNDBITE (English) James Kaplan, Rainbow Day camper (script below)\u003cbr/\u003e              9. Sandra Collins reading book to kids\u003cbr/\u003e              10. Kids listening to book reading\u003cbr/\u003e              11. Sandra Collins sitting with daughter Scarlett Reinhold\u003cbr/\u003e              12. SOUNDBITE (English) Sandra Collins, Rainbow Day Camp Founder (script below)\u003cbr/\u003e              13. Various of children's book author reading to kids \u003cbr/\u003e              14. SOUNDBITE (English) Scarlett Reinhold, Rainbow Day Camper and Collins' daughter (script below)\u003cbr/\u003e              15. Kids and counselors in relay race\u003cbr/\u003e              16. Kid crawling on hands and feet\u003cbr/\u003e              17. Kid shoots basketball\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Oakland, California - July 14, 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              18. SOUNDBITE (English) Diane Ehrensaft, developmental psychologist, UCSF Child and Adolescent Gender Center Clinic (script below)\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              El Cerrito, California - July 12, 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              19. Various of kids singing and dancing with counselor\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Oakland, California - July 14, 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              20. SOUNDBITE (English) Diane Ehrensaft, developmental psychologist, UCSF Child and Adolescent Gender Center Clinic (script below)\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              El Cerrito, California - July 12, 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              21. Molly Maxwell looking at banner with daughter Gracie\u003cbr/\u003e              22.  SOUNDBITE (English) Molly Maxwell, mother of Rainbow Day camper (script below)\u003cbr/\u003e              23. James Kaplan listening to story\u003cbr/\u003e              24. 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