The gender is not a straight line, it's a spectrum. Facebook has more than 71 gender variants. In this talk, Charlie Hobman explores the challenges that trans people have to face, in particular young trans people all over the world. Charlie explains firsthand the oppression felt in growing up identifying himself as female although being man. Charlie recognizes that we're going forward in dealing with LGBTIQA community, but there is always a lot of work to do within schools and the community to bring equality.

Charlie Hobman is an activist for human rights, in particular for LGBTQA community. He is passionate about educating society in the broad spectrum of gender identity. Although he's young, Charlie feels invigorated and ready to do what it takes to affect the lives of LGBTIQA people and ensure that all sexual orientations and gender identities are recognized and accepted appropriately.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx