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Kai is a 17-year-old filmmaker, a drama club performer and an energetic class president whose mantra is to “try to get involved with just about everything.”

The always-sunny senior is busy planning prom and virtual spirit days, while navigating through COVID-19-spurred Zoom calls.

Gia, also 17, is a stellar athlete excelling in cross-country and field hockey, a student government leader and a thoughtful advocacy worker who has lobbied on Capitol Hill.

Like teens everywhere, the two are immersed in college applications and the many angsts entwined in lives of those on the brink of adulthood.

But Kai and Gia, who go by one name, share something else. They are among the faces of young transgender people in 2020, and they have a message: We are thriving.

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