{"id":2076061,"date":"2023-10-22T20:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T00:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-11-year-old-becomes-youngest-grand-marshal-of-orlando-pride-parade\/"},"modified":"2023-10-22T20:10:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T00:10:31","slug":"trans-11-year-old-becomes-youngest-grand-marshal-of-orlando-pride-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-11-year-old-becomes-youngest-grand-marshal-of-orlando-pride-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"11-year-old becomes youngest grand marshal of Orlando Pride Parade."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrans-11-year-old-becomes-youngest-grand-marshal-of-orlando-pride-parade%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2076061&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by ROBYN \u2064BECK\/AFP \u2063via Getty\u2062 Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a> <br \/>4:54 PM \u2013 Sunday, October \u206322, 2023<\/p>\n<h2>An 11-year-old\u200d Trans\u2062 Child\u2062 Becomes \u2064Youngest Grand Marshal of Orlando \u200bPride Parade<\/h2>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Dempsey Jara \u200dmade history as the\u2064 grand \u2063marshal at Orlando\u2019s Come\u2063 Out With Pride Festival, becoming the youngest person to ever hold the position \u200din \u2062the event&#8217;s 18-year history.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">11 year old trans-girl becomes youngest grand marshal of Orlando&#8217;s annual Come Out With\u2062 Pride Festival, which \u2063was yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Dempsey Jara knew he was a girl since 18 months, \u2062according to his\u2062 mom, Jaime Jara, a school teacher, from \u200bNew York.<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aQhCRdmfAq\">pic.twitter.com\/aQhCRdmfAq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83c\udf08 Tess T. Eccles-Brown, PhD (@TTEcclesBrown) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TTEcclesBrown\/status\/1716151645548236856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to Jara\u2019s mom, 45-year-old Jaimie Jara, the child has always identified with \u200dgirl things and toys.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019d say, \u2018I\u2019m a girl in my heart and\u200b my brain,\u2019\u201d the\u2062 mother said. \u201cShe\u2019s been on this journey since she was five and she\u2019s living\u2063 her best life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More than 200,000 people \u2062were expected\u2064 to attend the daylong festival, which concluded with fireworks and performances by previous RuPaul\u2019s Drag\u2062 Race\u200d champions LaLa \u200cRi and Monet\u2062 X Change.<\/p>\n<p>The 11-year-old expressed that being transgender is not a choice, but rather about being \u200ctrue \u2063to oneself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about being true to myself. It\u2019s \u2062about embracing who I am even when the world tries to tell me \u2062otherwise,\u201d Dempsey said. \u201cIt\u2019s\u200d about standing tall in my identity even when\u200c it\u2019s\u2062 really hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The child legally changed \u2064their birth certificate in\u2063 2019 to \u200breflect their new gender.<\/p>\n<p>Despite starting the transition at the age of 5, Dempsey&#8217;s gender non-conforming behavior was evident since\u2064 18 months \u200cold.<\/p>\n<p>This news \u200dcomes amidst Governor Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oklahoma-senate-passes-ban-on-gender-transition-surgeries-for-minors\/\" title=\"Oklahoma Senate Passes Ban on Gender Transition Surgeries for Minors\">banning gender-affirming care<\/a> for children and prohibiting school lessons on gender identity or sexual orientation through the legislation known as the &#8220;Don\u2019t\u200b Say \u2064Gay Bill.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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It&#8217;s about embracing who I am even when the world tries to tell me otherwise,&#8221; Dempsey said. \u200b&#8221;It&#8217;s about standing tall in my identity even when it&#8217;s really hard.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The child \u200clegally changed their \u2064birth certificate in 2019 \u200dto reflect their new gender.<\/p>\n<p>This news comes amidst Governor Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-11-year-old-becomes-youngest-grand-marshal-of-orlando-pride-parade\/\" title=\"11-year-old becomes youngest grand marshal of Orlando Pride Parade.\">banning gender-affirming \u2064care<\/a> for children and prohibiting school lessons on gender identity \u2064or sexual orientation through the legislation known as the &#8220;Don&#8217;t Say Gay Bill.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It\u200d is important\u200b to stay informed on matters\u2064 of gender identity and\u2063 support individuals like\u2064 Dempsey who are bravely living their truth. By promoting love, acceptance, and \u2064understanding, we can create a more inclusive society for all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An 11-year-old trans child, Dempsey Jara, made history as the youngest grand marshal at the Orlando Pride parade. 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