Rotary is a place where members get informed about subjects of interest in the community, especially on topics where there is a lack of information.  Transgender people are becoming a more common topic in the media, in legislation and in our community.   

National Geographic in January 2017 and Time Magazine on Mar 15, 2017 did cover stories on trans people.   An article in January 2017 The Rotarian magazine page 30 discussed transgender Rotarians.  The Morning Call covered a trans student in East Penn School District in September 2016.  In 2017, the Boy Scouts allowed transgender children in their programs.

There are about 92 transgender people living in Macungie and 34 transgender people live in Emmaus, based on 0.3 percent of the US are transgender people. 

Our speaker July 13th is the mom of a transgender child in Emmaus and will tell you her family’s story.  She is also the co-author of a book on the subject called Raising the Transgender Child: A Complete Guide for Parents, Families, and Caregivers by Michele Angello and our speaker Alisa Bowman.   Jim Palmquist will have a copy of the book to give away to anyone who is interested in reading more about the topic.  The first one to ask Jim for the book gets it!