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LGBTQ Rights

'We're going to fight': Trans people express outrage over anti-LGBTQ measures in Texas, Florida

Bill Keveney
USA TODAY

Florida legislation that would restrict discussion of gender identity and sexual orientation in schools reminds 21-year-old Sage Dolan-Sandrino of a transgender bathroom policy that caused her misery when she transitioned as a teen. 

"I was only allowed to use the nurse's bathroom," which was located far from her classroom, said Dolan-Sandrino, an Afro-Cuban queer and trans person who lives in New York. "Since it took so long to get to and from the bathroom, teachers stopped letting me go. It was impossible for me to focus in class and, in combination with the bullying, I stopped engaging in class and became distant and depressed."