Being an LGBTQ+ Student In The US Today
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🗓️ 19 March 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
The death of Nex Benedict was ruled as a suicide by a medical examiner in Oklahoma. Hundreds of anti-Trans legislation has been proposed and passed by state legislatures since 2021.
According to a Washington Post analysis of FBI data, hate crimes at schools nationwide are on the rise. The steepest increases are in conservative states that have implemented bills restricting queer expression.
We discuss what LGBTQ+ students need to feel supported in the current hostile environment.
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| 0:00.0 | There are the backstories. Every day on the consider this podcast, we take a closer look at the biggest news story of the day and dig into the context behind the headlines. |
| 0:12.8 | Get a better sense of what's happening and why it's happening in this election and |
| 0:16.9 | across the nation. |
| 0:18.2 | Listen to consider this every day wherever you get your podcasts. Let's start here. It should go without saying that LGBT-plus people are just that. People. |
| 0:36.2 | They're adults and they're teenagers, pre-teens, grade school kids. |
| 0:40.5 | They have favorite foods, obsessions with music artists, stories they like to tell over and over, and insecurities. |
| 0:48.0 | Arguments with friends, worries about what their future will look like. |
| 0:51.0 | They're figuring out their lives like everyone else. But in the |
| 0:54.7 | realm of politics, some elected officials have turned these identities into a topic to |
| 0:58.6 | argue about. And in states around the country, LGBTQ-plus students are experiencing increasing levels of violence |
| 1:05.5 | and hate. |
| 1:06.5 | There's a lot to talk about on this issue, but today we focus on One Piece, Solutions. |
| 1:11.1 | Coming up, we hear about the Washington Post's reporting on FBI hate crime data, but first, what is |
| 1:16.7 | it like to be a student right now who identifies as LGBTQ-plus? |
| 1:20.8 | What challenges do they fill in their schools, from peers, teachers, and the politicians in the states where they live? |
| 1:26.0 | And most importantly, what can adults do to help care for and support them? |
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