Texas, Florida LGBT restrictions stire anger, resolve for trans people

Florida laws that might limit dialogue of gender id and sexual orientation in faculties reminds 21-year-old Sage Dolan-Sandrino of a transgender rest room coverage that induced her distress when she transitioned as a teen. 

“I used to be solely allowed to make use of the nurse’s rest room,” which was situated removed from her classroom, stated Dolan-Sandrino, an Afro-Cuban queer and trans individual who lives in New York. “Because it took so lengthy to get to and from the toilet, academics stopped letting me go. It was inconceivable for me to focus at school and, together with the bullying, I finished partaking at school and have become distant and depressed.”