Texas Trans Man Breaks Down Sobbing Over 18th Birthday Surprise

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        Texas Trans Man Breaks Down Sobbing Over 18th Birthday Surprise
    Video of a young trans man's friends gifting him with enough money to legally change his name has gone viral. 
 Tracy E. Gilchrist
          
          Feb 10, 2020
          
        
Tracy E. Gilchrist
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP of Editorial and Special Projects at equalpride. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
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A Texas-based trans man got the surprise of his life when his friends not only gathered to sing "Happy Birthday" to him for his 18th birthday but gifted him with money they raised to help with the cost of legally changing his name. Now the TikTok video of the student, Andrew,  has gone viral. 
"Since you're a legal adult, we raised enough money for you to change your name," one of Andrew's friends says in the video while presenting him with what looks like a certificate.
The big surprise had been in the works for more than a month, Andrew told Pink News.
"All my teachers and fellow students have been so supportive of me ever since I came out," he said.
Watch the video below.

        
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