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the john and helen glessner family trust, supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. and by the frontline journalismr fund, with mupport from jon and jo ann hagler. >> i am transgender. i was born male and identify as female. but i like to say at i'm a girl stuck in a boy's body. i transitioned when i was six or seven to more of a girl, and now mp... well, almost completely female. second grade was the last year of liam, and this year i changed my name officially. so i've changed my name, my clothes, my room, and my pronouns. and that's really all you need, except for the fifth one that i still need: surgery and medicine to help me look like a girl. on narrator: just a genera ago, it was adults, not children, who changed genders, usually late in life and often in the shadows (applause) but today, as transgender adults gain wider acceptance, many children are transitioning too, with new medical options and at younger and younger ages. this is a new generation "growing up trans." >> there's a big one!ai >>, naima, do you like the bubbles? >> (laughing) >> let's count t