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Rural transgender elected official recounts harassment, calls for stronger state protections and enforcement
Summary
Stephanie Fritch, an out transgender elected official from rural Pennsylvania, told the York town hall she and other rural trans residents face daily threats, discrimination and limited access to services. She said a discrimination complaint she filed years ago was dropped after three years and urged state-level legislation and local organizing.
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At a Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission town hall in York, Stephanie Fritch, an elected transgender woman from rural Pennsylvania, described sustained harassment, limited local resources and a stalled discrimination complaint that she said left her without closure.
"World people don't have their voices heard ever. They live outside the safety bubble every day. There's no safe place. There's no resources. They live in poverty and face risk discrimination daily," Fritch said, identifying herself as an out transgender elected official who…
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