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How Colleges Can Support Gender-Affirming Care for Trans and Nonbinary Students

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Hundreds of anti-trans legislative efforts are currently active across the U.S. Access to gender-affirming healthcare supports students and saves lives. Colleges and universities can improve their students' health outcomes with gender-affirming care. The 2015 U.S.

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Advancements in LGBTQ+ Political Representation

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College students and others are running for office and uplifting unheard community voices at record numbers. Blaizen Bloom, one of 11 LGBTQ+ candidates in Virginia who ran for public office in 2022, is a student at Old Dominion University. LGBTQ+ representation can increase political opposition to anti-LGBTQ+ bills.

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Dear Trans, Nonbinary, Genderfluid, and Genderqueer Friends (and their loved ones, parents, allies, and advocates), I see you. I hear you. I am here for you.

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Dear Trans, Nonbinary, Genderfluid, and Genderqueer Friends (and their loved ones, parents, allies, and advocates), I see you. If you’re queer, trans, nonbinary, genderfluid, or otherwise LGBQTQ, I have no doubt you are more than aware of the anti-trans legislation sweeping across the US in record numbers this spring.

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Navigating College Admissions as a Transgender Applicant: Transgender Day of Remembrance Fall 2023

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⚧️In honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance, this post is for our trans, non-binary, genderqueer, and genderfluid friends. This NBC news article highlights the worries, thoughts, and feelings so many trans students and their parents and loved ones are feeling about moving forward in their lives. But your safety comes first.

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 ???? ? This Post Is For Our LGBTQ+ Friends ? ???? ????? As we celebrate Pride Month 2023, I’m sharing these tips, links, resources, and scholarship info!

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While this is a month to celebrate diversity in gender and sexuality with our rainbow apparel and flags – and in my case a huge inflatable rainbow in my front yard – it’s not all rainbows, sunshine, and unicorns when thinking about applying to college as part of the queer community. But your safety comes first.