Born a girl, the current Valley Stream South High School student, who asked to remain anonymous, said she first asked the school to recognize her as a male with a new name as a sophomore last year.
A school social worker told her that hesitant administrators wanted her to delay the change until this year -- purportedly because the process was lengthy and complicated.
"That wasn’t true and I knew it wasn’t true," the student told The Post. "After I insisted on it, they made the change in a few days."
Formally regarded as a boy last year, the student said her teachers and classmates accepted her new identity and made her feel comfortable.
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