article_snippet: The middle school student then said; 'And now I finally stand before you in my true and authentic gender identity as Tom.
article_snippet: I stand before you as a 13-year-old boy.'
article_snippet: I want you to know that if no one else accepts you, I always will,' Tom Sosnik said.
article_snippet: After 10 years of confusion I finally understood who I was.
highlights_snippet: I never really was,' Tom, 13, told the class .
  