Arcade Bosco, 19, on Friday, May 5, 2017, in Claremont, N.H. (Valley News - Jovelle Tamayo) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.Arcade Bosco, 19, Acworth, N.H.he/himArcade Bosco, 19, an artist from Acworth, N.H., recently co-founded the Claremont Trans Support Group. “It’s OK to have different experiences,” he said. “There’s no model trans person. There’s no definitive in anything, especially when you’re experimenting with gender or learning more about yourself.”
Arcade Bosco, 19, on Friday, May 5, 2017, in Claremont, N.H. (Valley News - Jovelle Tamayo) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.Arcade Bosco, 19, Acworth, N.H.he/himArcade Bosco, 19, an artist from Acworth, N.H., recently co-founded the Claremont Trans Support Group. “It’s OK to have different experiences,” he said. “There’s no model trans person. There’s no definitive in anything, especially when you’re experimenting with gender or learning more about yourself.”

Photographs and interviews by Jovelle Tamayo.

Resources

Trans NH Magazine, an online magazine for transgender and gender nonconforming individuals in New Hampshire: transnhmagazine.com

The Junction Youth Center at Listen: http://www.listencommunityservices.org/junction/

Rural Outright: facebook.com/RuralNHOutright

Trevor Project: thetrevorproject.org A national, toll-free suicide hotline for LGBTQ youth: 1-866-488-7386

Caring Adults Peer Support, for adults raising or support an LGBTQ+ child of any age. 1st and 3rd Saturdays at 10 a.m. at TLC Family Resource Center in Claremont.

Upper Valley Gender Group, every other Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Upper Valley in Norwich, upper.valley.gender.group@gmail.com

Transgender New Hampshire: tg-nh.org

Pride Center of Vermont: pridecentervt.org

Outright Vermont: outrightvt.org

It Gets Better Project: itgetsbetter.org