Howard family pushes for transgender acceptance

baltimoresun.com – By Janene Holzberg, Special to The Baltimore Sun

When a photo of a guy dressed in women’s clothing suddenly flashed on the screen near the end of an intense slide show on teenage drunken driving, Will Gullucci felt humiliated.

Gullucci, a Marriotts Ridge High School senior who had “come out” as a transgender person just two years ago and is leading her life as a girl, listened as her fellow seniors laughed loudly. After all the serious shots of drunken teens and car accidents, the larger-than-life photo seemed gratuitous to Gullucci.