These transgender youth are founding their own committee: ‘We won’t be safe if we’re silent’

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These transgender youth are founding their own committee: ‘We won’t be safe if we’re silent’

This story was originally reported by Orion Rummler of The 19th. Meet Orion and read more of his reporting on gender, politics and policy.Ahead of her sophomore year of college, Lily Rood was thinking about her future: her career, her LGBTQ+ advocacy, her interest in politics and government. As the first transgender woman to be class president at Mount Holyoke College — and someone who first went door-knocking for a congressional campaign at 13 …