Social Issues

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Ayden Prehara, stands in the bedroom of his Fitchburg, Wis. home on Jan. 3, 2014. Prehara, 16, is a transgender student, having transitioned from female to male at age 14. This June, Ayden and his parents will travel to Cleveland for what, in the transgender community, is called "top surgery." His breasts will be flattened and his chest contoured to be more typically male. He will be 17 by then, about the earliest surgeons will do such surgery. Until then, he wears an undergarment called a binder that evens out his chest. The family is setting aside about $10,000 for the surgery, which includes a week or so in a Cleveland hotel during recovery, said Chris Prehara. Insurance does not cover any of it, she said. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart)

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Madison West High School junior Ayden Prehara,16, makes his way through the halls of the Madison, Wis. school between classes on Jan. 15, 2014. Prehara, 16, is a transgender student, having transitioned from female to male at age 14. This June, Ayden and his parents will travel to Cleveland for what, in the transgender community, is called "top surgery." His breasts will be flattened and his chest contoured to be more typically male. He will be 17 by then, about the earliest surgeons will do such surgery. Until then, he wears an undergarment called a binder that evens out his chest. The family is setting aside about $10,000 for the surgery, which includes a week or so in a Cleveland hotel during recovery, said Chris Prehara. Insurance does not cover any of it, she said. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart)

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Ohio House Speaker William Batchelder, left, a Medina Republican, and House Minority Leader Tracy Heard, a Columbus Democrat, discuss efforts to combat the state's prescription painkiller addiction epidemic, during a legislative forum hosted by The Associated Press on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in Columbus. (AP Photo)

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Ohio Senate Minority Leader Joe Schiavoni, left, a Youngstown Democrat, and Senate President Keith Faber, a Celina Republican, discuss online voter registration, during a legislative forum hosted by The Associated Press on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in Columbus. (AP Photo)

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Philomena Lee, an Irish woman whose search for the son that she gave up for adoption in the 1950’s, and is now a Hollywood film, meets with Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. With her life story now the subject of an Oscar-nominated film, Philomena Lee is calling for government reforms in Ireland that would grant adopted people access to their adoption files. At far left is Mari Steed, with the Adoption Rights Alliance. (AP Photo)

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Philomena Lee, center, an Irish woman whose search for the son that she gave up for adoption in the 1950’s, and is now a Hollywood film, meets with Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. With her life story now the subject of an Oscar-nominated film, Philomena Lee is calling for government reforms in Ireland that would grant adopted people access to their adoption files. At far left is Mari Steed, with the Adoption Rights Alliance. (AP Photo)

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Philomena Lee, an Irish woman whose search for the son that she gave up for adoption in the 1950’s, and is now a Hollywood film, meets with Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. With her life story now the subject of an Oscar-nominated film, Philomena Lee is calling for government reforms in Ireland that would grant adopted people access to their adoption files. At far left is Mari Steed, with the Adoption Rights Alliance. (AP Photo)

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Philomena Lee, center, an Irish woman whose search for the son that she gave up for adoption in the 1950’s, and is now a Hollywood film, meets with Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., left, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. With her life story now the subject of an Oscar-nominated film, Philomena Lee is calling for government reforms in Ireland that would grant adopted people access to adoption files. Her daughter, Jane Libberton, follows at rear. (AP Photo)

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Philomena Lee, an Irish woman whose search for the son that she gave up for adoption in the 1950’s, and is now a Hollywood film, meets with Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. With her life story now the subject of an Oscar-nominated film, Philomena Lee is calling for government reforms, in Ireland and the U.S., that would grant adopted people access to adoption files. (AP Photo)