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Vermont students tell Pass Education panel schools must protect LGBTQ+ youth, expand GSAs and diversity training
Summary
At an Outright Vermont Youth Leadership Day hearing March 20, students described bullying, a coach-related lawsuit and urged schools to support GSAs, provide diversity training and protect trans students’ participation in sports.
At a March 20, 2025 meeting of Pass Education, the panel paused its education-transformation work to hear students from across Vermont at Outright Vermont’s Youth Leadership Day.
The students urged the panel to protect LGBTQ+ youth in schools, expand gender-sexuality alliances (GSAs) and require diversity and anti-bullying training for staff. Several described repeated harassment and cited recent federal-level actions and local school responses as reasons state policymakers should act.
Ren Parker, a trans student from Parkford in Windsor County who identified herself as a three-season varsity athlete, said she experienced persistent backlash after reporting a coach’s comments about gender during competition. "I was the one who reported him to my coach," Parker said. She told the panel the coach later sued the school and the state and that "a designated hate group" backed and publicized his…
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