Article: Araujo's mom calls for training in schools

FREMONT -- Schools need to learn how to deal with sexual and gender identity issues, and then educate their staff and students, Sylvia Guerrero told participants in a workshop Saturday.

The mother of murdered transgender teenager Gwen Araujo was the speaker at the training session, held at the Fremont Adult School.

"(Gwen) didn't have many cheerleaders behind her. And where are kids at most of the time? School," Guerrero said of the hardships faced by teens who deal with issues of their own gender identity on top of those that come from being a teenager.

"(It was difficult) for Gwen to just wake up every morning trying to be herself," she said.

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