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These States Had Few, If Any, Trans Student Athletes. They Passed Sports Bans Anyway.

Fischer Wells was the only trans student in Kentucky competing in high school sports — until the state legislature said she couldn't.
(Minyvonne Burke, HuffPost, September 18, 2022 )

• A trans teen in South Florida was brutally beaten on camera. It’s the second time it has happened to her.

Last year, a video of classmates beating sixth grader Chad Sanford drew national attention. A year later Sanford, now 14, was again brutalized for being openly trans.
( John Russell, LGBTQ Nation, August 11, 2022 )

• 11-year-old Texas trans activist & family flee state because it’s “not safe for trans kids”

“My mom sold our home & everything that doesn’t fit in our car because the state I was born in is not safe for trans kids. Anyways… happy Independence Day to everyone who gets to celebrate that.”
(Greg Owen, 2022, LGBTQ Nation, July 11, 2022 )

• High school students get threatened with machine gun while rallying for bullied trans classmate

Students at a Washington state high school Monday staged a walk-out in solidarity with a trans student, who was beaten in the school’s hallways the week before.
(Tammy Plunkett, LGBTQ Nation, June 14, 2022 )

• This was what happened when I was called into the principal’s office when my child said he is trans

Over the phone, Ms. Z said she’d like to meet to discuss some things my child had disclosed at school "just to get ahead of any potential problems in the future.”
(Tammy Plunkett, LGBTQ Nation, June 10, 2022 )