This week on "Sunday Morning" (October 13)
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COVER STORY: Transgender youth: Navigating gender identity in adolescence | Watch Video
In 2014 Rita Braver met with children grappling with a very grown-up issue: gender identity. Five years later she met up again with them to see how their lives have progressed.
- Born this way: Stories of young transgender children ("Sunday Morning, 6/08/14)
For more info:
- Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
- Follow GLSEN on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and YouTube
ALMANAC: America's first aerial photograph | Watch Video
On October 13, 1860, James Wallace Black took a picture of Boston from a balloon 1,200 feet in the air. Jane Pauley reports.
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PUBLIC SPACES: The Idle: An oasis in the midst of traffic | Watch Video
Tom Battista is the kind of guy who tends to veer off the beaten path – specifically, a small triangle of land wedged between traffic-choked freeways in Indianapolis. There, Battista has created a quiet oasis, a park for people to sit and gaze at drivers stuck in traffic. Luke Burbank reports on the inspiration behind the tiny park known as the Idle.
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SUNDAY MORNING INDEX: Pets
Researchers say people who own dogs have a 24 percent lower risk of early death than people who don't own dogs. [Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.]
TELEVISION: Mariska Hargitay, the avenging angel of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" | Watch Video
Michelle Miller sits down the actress, star of TV's long-running "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," whose off-screen work is to promote victim's rights.
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BROADCASTING: Sports announcer Jason Benetti on being a voice for those with cerebral palsy | Watch Video
Beginning this year radio and television sports broadcaster Jason Benetti became the fulltime play-by-play announcer for the Chicago White Sox. Benetti, who has cerebral palsy, spoke with Scott Simon, of National Public Radio, about his remarkable career.
WEB EXTRA VIDEO: Jason Benetti: Everyone has an ability to be life-changing to others
Chicago radio and TV sports broadcaster Jason Benetti talks with NPR's Scott Simon about how, growing up, he was "oblivious" in some ways to his cerebral palsy, and about the reactions of other people to his CP.
For more info:
- Follow @jasonbenetti on Twitter
- "Awkward Moments" with Jason Benetti
- Cerebral Palsy Foundation
- Chicago White Sox (MLB)
HARTMAN: Ending retirement with cupcakes (Video)
Once Ray Boutwell worked in a bakery. But retirement wasn't sitting well with him, so at age 93 he started again from scratch, opening up his own business for the first time: Ray's Boozy Cupcakes, in Voorhees Township, New Jersey. (Yes, some cupcakes are actually infused with alcohol.) And now his big gamble is paying off, as Steve Hartman discovered.
For more info:
- Ray's Boozy Cupcakes Etc., Voorhees, N.J. (Facebook)
MUSIC: Elton John: Addiction "nearly destroyed my soul" | Watch Video
The singer who is on a farewell world tour has just released his first official autobiography, "Me: Elton John." Tracy Smith reports.
For more info:
- "Me: Elton John" (Henry Holt and Co.), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon
- eltonjohn.com
- "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" Tour Info
- Follow @officialelton on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube
- Elton John AIDS Foundation
MILEPOST: Marathon
A Kenyan runner broke the two-hour barrier for running a marathon yesterday. Three-time Olympic medalist Eliud Kipchoge ran it in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 40 seconds.
OPINION: Jim Gaffigan on his in-laws | Watch Video
The comedian considers his other "family," assigned to him legally.
For more info:
- jimgaffigan.com
- Follow @JimGaffigan on Twitter
- Jim Gaffigan's special, "Quality Time," is available on Amazon Prime
POLITICS: Andrew Yang on creating a "trickle-up" economy | Watch Video
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang will be among the 12 contenders on stage at the Democratic Party debate in Westerville, Ohio, on October 15. Nicholas Thompson, the editor-in-chief of Wired, sits down with the entrepreneur to talk about his campaign.
For more info:
- Andrew Yang for President (Campaign website)
- Austan Goolsbee, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
CALENDAR: Week of October 14 | Watch Video
"Sunday Morning" takes a look at some notable events of the week ahead. Jane Pauley reports.
NATURE: Yellowstone geysers (Extended Video)
"Sunday Morning" takes us to view the geysers at Yellowstone National Park. Videographer: David Bhagat.
WEB EXCLUSIVES:
NATURE UP CLOSE: The massive decline of bird populations
The U.S. and Canada have lost 29% of their birds over the past 50 years, as species are subjected to habitat loss, pesticides, predation, and climate change.
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