Called a 'safe haven', CT is not safe for trans kids, activists say courant.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from courant.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
CT: 'Safe haven' for transgender youth? For some, not safe enough wshu.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wshu.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
When LGBTQ+ activists, lawmakers and students gathered at the Capitol on Feb. 28 to honor the life of Nex Benedict, a nonbinary teenager from Oklahoma, their loss felt a lot closer to home than the nearly 1,500-mile distance. “We gathered together today as a community to grieve the loss of Nex Benedict, a beautiful 16-year-old […] The post Is Connecticut a ‘safe haven’ for transgender youth? For some, not safe enough appeared first on Rhode Island Current.
Opinion writer Barth Keck suggests that we are fortunate in Connecticut because the state's education system has remained focused (so far) on the real problems facing schools today, rather than issues manufactured by the ongoing culture war in politics.