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ADVANCE FOR USE WEDNESDAY, NOV. 22, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-In this Monday, March 13, 2017 photo, Theo Ramos, 15, holds his stuffed toy named Strawberry as he sits in his bedroom in Homestead, Fla. Ramos is embracing his gender fluidity, saying, “I present myself differently on different days, depending on what it is I’m doing or who I’m seeing, but my emotions about my gender identity pretty much stay the same.” (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Years into journey, transgender teen still finding himself

By TAMARA LUSH - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, NOV. 21, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-In this Thursday, April 28, 2016 photo, Theo Ramos, 14, draws in his sketch book at his neighborhood park in Homestead, Fla. Born a girl, he felt more like a boy. He wanted to be called Theo instead of the name he was given at birth _ he wrote a detailed letter to teachers, explaining which pronouns he preferred and citing school policy on LGBTQ inclusion. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Coming out as trans just start of journey for teen, family

By TAMARA LUSH - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, NOV. 20, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-In this Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015 photo, Theo Ramos, 14, meets with an endocrinologist in Miami. When Theo Ramos was in fifth grade, he felt like a boy, but every month the pain of menstruation cramps reminded him of the reality of the gender assigned at birth. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Trans teen’s war with his body started when he was just 10

By TAMARA LUSH - Associated Press