Reply #63

Last year I managed to prevent a Japanese transgendered youth from committing suicide. He had been an exchange student at our house, and sent ME a farewell note in the wee hours one night. Being half way around the world, I got the message at a decent hour, and through facebook, rallied the troupes, contacting all of his friends and relatives - including his cousin in New York, who phoned Japan, and woke up his parents.

He came out to his parents after that, and will be having gender reassignment surgery in the near future. Happy story.