Article: Mother of slain transgender teen speaks out

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 of a workshop Saturday.

The mother of murdered transgender teen Gwen Araujo was the featured 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 have to deal with issues of their own gender identity on top of those that simply 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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