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Teacher urges immediate supports for transgender students; Moulton cites 988 routing and calls for debate and protections
Summary
A school staff member at the Peabody town hall described the urgency of suicide-prevention for transgender students and asked how federal policy can protect them now. Congressman Seth Moulton said 988 now routes LGBTQ youth to trained specialists and argued for legislative strategies that can defend trans rights while engaging debate.
A school staff member who works with transgender students told Congressman Seth Moulton at a Peabody town hall that young people are at immediate risk of violence and suicide and urged more timely supports in schools.
The staff member said that during a Trans Day of Remembrance vigil they read more than 400 names of transgender people lost to violence and suicide and cited the recent death of an eighth grader, NEX…
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