An amazing story shared by andreadomjanphotography.
com will touch your heart and make you realize, people could be very rude sometimes.
Andrea Domjan said, “about two years ago, while I was doing a photoshoot for a renowned hairstylist, this cute little boy walked in with his parents, and I instantly liked him.point 222 |
He was quiet, but he wasn’t shy at all.point 33 | The hairstylist’s team had invited him to the shoot so that he could get a glimpse of how photoshoots work.point 123 | He was also allowed to help them with the hairstyling creations that we were shooting for the most prestigious competition in the hair industry, the North American Hairstyling Awards (NAHA).point 284 |
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“When I asked the team why CJ wanted to be involved in the photoshoot, they quickly explained to me that CJ’s dream was to become a hair and makeup artist and that he’d been passionately learning hair and makeup styling.”
“I immediately liked him even more! I loved the idea that no matter what his gender was, he had a keen interest in a female-oriented field (makeup) so early on. I loved seeing how focused he was on learning as much as he could about a hair and makeup career.”
“Sometime later, I came across an Instagram account that was run by a mom who was raising a ‘gender creative child.point 209 |
’ I started looking at the photos and immediately discovered that it was CJ from the photoshoot! I spent at least an hour reading the descriptions underneath the Instagram images and getting to know their story.point 178 | It was awful to learn about the bullying he had to go through in his school.point 239 |
My heart broke for him, and I couldn’t believe how people could be so blind and cruel.point 72 | And I am just not referring to the children bullying him at school how could parents tell their kids not to be friends with CJ (even though they had liked him before) because he had come out as gay? What kind of message is that for their children and future generations?”point 295 | 1
“We all want to be accepted and loved, and everyone deserves the right to be accepted and loved. His peers rejected this little boy, and rejection is one of the cruelest things you can do to another human.”
“When people bully or are cruel to someone they don’t understand, I always wonder what they would do if they were in the same position. How would they feel if they put themselves in his shoes for a day? The thing that is amazing is that CJ only uses these experiences to help him grow stronger and be a role model for other children like him.”
According to federal law, students have the right to dress and present in a way that is consistent with their gender identity.
“Instead of saying “Dress for students should be collared shirts and casual pants for boys, and dresses or nice pantsuits for girls.point 330 |
If girls choose to wear spaghetti straps or strapless dresses, they must wear a sweater at all times.point 84 | ” Try something like this “Dress for students should be collared shirts, casual pants, dresses or nice pantsuits.point 184 | If students choose to wear spaghetti straps or strapless dresses, they must wear a sweater at all times.point 271 |
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CJ says “I haven’t always felt that way.point 40 | I’ve been bullied, badly, but I’ve always come out stronger.point 95 | Bullies aren’t going to get me to stop being me.point 136 | I think it’s important for people – including bullies and haters – to see me because people need to see there are kids like me out there.point 253 |
Gender creative kids need to see other kids like themselves.point 51 | The more people see people like me, the less ‘different’ we are and the more they accept people like me.point 140 | Besides, I’m not ashamed of who I am.point 172 | ”point 175 | 1
He is currently an advocate for the LGBTQ and nonbinary communities and says that “My mom says that if you are in a position to help other people, you should.point 306 |
So that’s what I do.point 18 | I helped make my elementary school the first school in the district to adopt a dress code that wasn’t gender-specific.point 119 | One year later, the dress code was used as a model for implementation at every elementary school in the district.point 213 |
That’s 26 schools! Through meetings and email campaigns, I got my school district to stop sex/gender segregation in elementary school PE classes and to stop having special event dress codes that were illegal because they discriminated against gender creative students.point 231 |
If I can see a way to make life better and easier for gender creative people, I always try to do it.point 79 | Being kind, sticking up for others and not being a jerk.point 125 | That’s what life is all about.point 152 | ”point 155 | 1
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