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Anti-Trans Laws Are Making Trans Youth Feel Unsafe Mary Retta © Drew Angerer Zara has been having a difficult school year. Though the Arkansas eighth-grader’s parents were able to get her name legally changed on her birth certificate so that she is never dead-named by her teachers, Zara still seldom feels safe on campus as a Black transgender student, and is only out to a few friends at school. Now, with the recent passage of HB1570, a law in Arkansas that prohibits transgender youth’s access to gender-affirming medical care, Zara is even more stressed for the future of her education and safety.

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