A Virginia mother says her views on LGBT people were transformed when her teenager came out as transgender. Hope Christina Hernandez said she was not raised to accept LGBT people. Like many Americans, the Woodbridge, Virginia, resident said she was taught that homosexuality and straying from conventional gender roles were wrong.
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