Denying kids bathroom access doesn't just hurt the trans kids who are out. It hurts the ones in the closet, too
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
About 1 in 160ish people, according to the latest stats, are trans.
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This means that the probability that an average high school has no trans kids currently enrolled is exceptionally small.
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When you're closeted, like I was in high school, things like this affirm your place in the closet.
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It tells you that your private suffering is better than an attempt to be out, because if your out no one, not even the gov't, has your back.
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[cw: self-harm] It may not shock you to learn this has deadly consequences for many.
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It's easy to support people who are outwardly and openly identifying as trand, queer, whatever. But it's the behavior when people don't know
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that matters most. Trans kids who come out are very brave. So are the ones who don't.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
We need to protect them all, to make a space for them when they're ready. To help them be ready.
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