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Astrid Burkle, 11, (left) plays mobile games with her sibling Abs, 15, in their Cleveland Heights home.
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With HB 68 override looming, a Cleveland Heights family with a transgender child faces tough decisions

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Astrid Burkle, 11, (left) plays mobile games with her sibling Abs, 15, in their Cleveland Heights home. (Ryan Loew / Ideastream Public Media)
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Astrid Burkle, 10, looks at a copy of The Week Junior news magazine alongside her parents Aaron (right), Alicia (center) and her sibling Abs (left). (Ryan Loew / Ideastream Public Media)
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Eleven-year-old Astrid Burkle sits for a photo inside her family's Cleveland Heights home.
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