TUESDAY June 20, 2023: 'TO BE: One of the Guys' by award winning, ZUMA Press photo-journalist Robin Rayne: Jayson Achtenberg, 13, is transitioning to male from his birth-assigned female gender. While still in middle school, he decided begin hormone replacement therapy earlier than planned in order to start before Georgia's new SB140 law takes effect July 1. The new law will prohibit doctors from performing gender-affirming surgeries or prescribing hormone replacements to Georgians under 18. Patients who begin their treatment for gender dysphoria prior to July would be 'grandfathered in'. Welcome to 'TO BE: One of the Guys'
© zReportage.com Story of the Week #893: TUESDAY June 20, 2023: 'TO BE: One of the Guys' by award winning, ZUMA Press photo-journalist Robin Rayne: Jayson Achtenberg, 13, is transitioning to male from his birth-assigned female gender. While still in middle school, he decided begin hormone replacement therapy earlier than planned in order to start before Georgia's new SB140 law takes effect July 1. The new law will prohibit doctors from performing gender-affirming surgeries or prescribing hormone replacements to Georgians under 18. Patients who begin their treatment for gender dysphoria prior to July would be 'grandfathered in'. Welcome to 'TO BE: One of the Guys'
JAYSON ACHTENBERG, 13, attends a transgender rights rally on the Georgia Tech campus. Jayson is transitioning to male from his birth-assigned female gender.
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Transgender middle school student JAYSON ACHTENBERG, 13, leaves ice hockey practice with his parents ROBERT ACHTENBERG and DANAMARIE DERIGGI. Jayson decided begin hormone replacement therapy earlier than planned in order to start before Georgia's new SB140 law takes effect July 1. His parents are strongly supportive.
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Transgender teen JAYSON ACHTENBERG, 13, waits with other boys for his time on the ice during hockey practice with another local team.
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JAYSON ACHTENBERG, 13, (center) practices on the ice for a hockey game against another local team.
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JAYSON ACHTENBERG, 13, straps on protective pads before hockey practice with a local team. Diagnosed as transgender, he is transitioning from female to male.
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JAYSON ACHTENBERG, 13, who is transitioning to male from his birth-assigned female gender, plays guitar and sings in his bedroom.
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JAYSON ACHTENBERG, 13, attends a transgender rights rally on the Georgia Tech campus. Jayson decided begin hormone replacement therapy earlier than planned. The new law SB140 will prohibit doctors from performing gender-affirming surgeries or prescribing hormone replacements to Georgians under 18.
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JAYSON ACHTENBERG, 13, is given a refresher lesson in neckties from his father Robert.
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JAYSON ACHTENBERG, 13, sits outside his Marietta, Georgia family home. Jayson is transitioning from female to male, and decided to begin hormone replacement therapy earlier than planned in order to start before Georgia's new SB140 law takes effect July 1.
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JAYSON ACHTENBERG, 13, receives his weekly injection of testosterone from his mother, DANAMARIE DERIGGI. Jayson is transitioning from female to male, and decided to begin hormone replacement therapy earlier than planned in order to start before Georgia's new SB140 law takes effect July 1.
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ISABELLA ACHTENBERG, (left) JAYSON ACHTENBERG, both transgender, with their mother DANAMARIE ACHTENBERG (right) hold signs outside The Georgia State House before meeting with legislators. Dozens of transgender students, their families came hoping to meet with their elected officials before a critical vote on SB140, a proposed law that would outlaw gender-affirming medical care for those under 18 years.
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JAYSON ACHTENBURG and ISABELLA with parents ROBERT ACHTENBURG and DANAMARIE DERIGGI at their Marietta, Georgia home. Their parents are strongly supportive of their childrens rights to live authentically and are active in rights for transgender and non-binary individuals.
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