Gwen Araujo is known to many by means of the Lifetime movie based on her life, “A Girl Like Me.” Gwen for those unfamiliar with her was a beautiful young woman with a loving mother, older sister, and younger brother. She was also brutally murdered in her teens and dumped like refuse by her killers.
On February 24, 1985, Gwen was born Edward. Gwen was a transgender youth growing up the same as any other child aside from the fact that she was dealing with Gender Identity Dysphoria (GID) which is a condition in which a persons mental perception of their gender does not match the physical anatomy they born with. It is hardly an easy life, and it took her family time to grow to accept Edward as Gwen. No matter how much love there is, it is not an easy thing to come grips with.
Gwen is gone and there is nothing left of her but a family in pain and memories. Her mother Sylvia Guerrero has become a fierce and outspoken activist fir the transgender community speaking at countless engagements each year to raise awareness so that no one has to lose a son, daughter, friend, loved one due to being different in ways they cannot control. So that no other person has to die with their finals words being a pleading “But I have a family….”
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