The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian artifact upon which was a single passage of text... in three different written languages; Hieroglyphic, Demotic and classical Greek. It contributed greatly to the deciphering and understanding of previously undecipherable languages.

1. A child might say: "I'm a girl on the outside, but a boy on the inside."

Adult translation: My gender identity and physical anatomy don't match.

2. A child might say: "People think I'll change my mind about the way I feel."

Adult translation: I can't remember a time when I didn't have a male gender identity."

3. A child might say: "Sometimes I like 'bgirl stuff, but mostly I like boy stuff."

Adult translation: My gender identity is male, but my interests aren't confined to gender stereotypes.

4. A child might say: "I've always felt like a boy and I always will."

Adult translation: My gender identity was never 'just a phase'. I wish people would understand that.

5. A child might say: "I just feel like a boy. No one makes me feel this way."

Adult translation: "My gender identity wasn't forced on me or encouraged by my parents or anyone else. No one could have forced me to do something that that so many people disapprove of. The truth is, some people are trying to force me to NOT be myself."

6. A child might say: "I'm sad because I tell everyone I'm really a boy, but nobody listens."

Adult translation: I am depressed, feeling unwanted and defective because other people don't understand and won't listen to me when I try to share my feelings about being a boy.

7. A child might say: "I don't like boys or girls better. I like to have friends who are nice to me."

Adult translation: My gender identity doesn't control who my friends are. And it doesn't control who I'm attracted to. I knew 'who' I was long before I started to know 'who' I liked.

8. A child might say: "I just want to be treated like a boy and have a boy's name."

Adult translation: I just want to be respected for who I am and treated in a way that matches my gender identity. It doesn't have anything to do with hormones, or operations or anything like that.

9. A child might say: "I don't want to look like a girl or grow up to look like a woman."

Adult translation: I'm terrified of going through pubertal changes that don't correspond with my gender identity. I don't want to live like that.

10. A child might say: "I don't know why God made me look like a girl on the outside. I'm a boy."

Adult translation: Religious belief (or lack thereof) has nothing to do with gender identity. People who have a faith-belief should understand that God created this child exactly the way they are supposed to be. It's now up to those in the child's life to accept them for who they are.

11. A child might say: "Doesn't what I feel or want matter at all?"

Adult translation: I deserve to have my gender identity/expression respected and supported, regardless of my age.

12. A child might say: "People think I'm crazy or bad when I tell them I'm really a boy."

Adult translation: I don't have a mental disorder. My gender identity is just the way I was born. There is nothing wrong with me.

13. A child might say: "I'm most happy when I can be myself. I don't feel like a girl and I don't want to be a girl and no one can make me be happy by forcing me to be a girl."

Adult translation: My quality of life is directly connected to my freedom to express my gender identity as I experience it. If I am denied that, I believe my present and future happiness and self-esteem will be severely and, possibly, permanently damaged.

14. A child might say: "I know that [people] love me and want me to be happy. I'm most happy when I get to be myself and I know it's OK with other people and they will like me anyway."

Adult translation: "I realize that people only want what's best for me, even if they don't accept me for who I am. I hope that someday they will try harder to understand and let me be my true self.