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How Vermont can be a safer place for trans youth

By Mikaela Lefrak,
Andrea Laurion
Published April 21, 2023 at 1:00 PM EDT
People in jackets, with two wrapped in pride flags look up at the Statehouse steps. There are about 70 kids on the steps of the Statehouse. The sky is gray.
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On March 31, more than a hundred kids and some adults took to the Statehouse steps for Transgender Day of Visibility. This hour, we'll discuss whether Vermont is a safe place for families of trans children.

Live call-in discussion: There are bills making their way through the Vermont legislature right now that would protect gender-affirming care. But another bill would bar trans athletes from school sports. This hour, we'll learn more about these bills, the realities of parenting a trans child in Vermont and ways families can find support.

Our guests:

  • Dana Kaplan, executive director of Outright Vermont
  • Jessica Oski, attorney, lobbyist and parent of a trans youth
  • Sarah Mearhoff, reporter at VTDigger

Broadcast live on Monday, April 24, 2023, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Mikaela Lefrak
Mikaela Lefrak is the host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The World and Here & Now. A seasoned local reporter, Mikaela has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a Public Media Journalists Association award for her work.
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Andrea Laurion
Andrea Laurion joined Vermont Public as a news producer for Vermont Edition in December 2022. She is a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., and a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine. Before getting into audio, Andrea worked as an obituary writer, a lunch lady, a wedding photographer assistant, a children’s birthday party hostess, a haunted house actor, and an admin assistant many times over.
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