Today we Pass the Mic to LGBTQ advocate and educator Jabari Lyles. His guest -- Londyn Smith de Richelieu, Baltimore City’s new Director of LGBTQ Affairs-- talks about the need to change the culture and attitude toward trans folks from within City Hall.

Then Lyles is joined by Legacy Forte, head of BMORE BLXCK , talking about resources they provide for Black trans youth and Toby, a trans tenth-grader at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, on the message he picks up from youth-centered anti-trans legislation across the US:

“They want to send the message to younger people because they want to tell them when they’re young: your existence is wrong. You shouldn’t feel safe in your existence. You shouldn’t feel ok with your existence.”

Links: Baltimore Office of LGBTQ Affairs, BMORE BLXCK, Trans Maryland resources, The PRIDE Center of Maryland.

Today we Pass the Mic to LGBTQ advocate and educator Jabari Lyles. His guest -- Londyn Smith de Richelieu, Baltimore City&rsquo;s new Director of LGBTQ Affairs-- talks about the need to change the culture and attitude toward trans folks from within City Hall.
Then Lyles is joined by Legacy Forte, head of BMORE BLXCK , talking about resources they provide for Black trans youth and Toby, a trans tenth-grader at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, on the message he picks up from youth-centered anti-trans legislation across the US:
&ldquo;They want to send the message to younger people because they want to tell them when they&rsquo;re young: your existence is wrong. You shouldn&rsquo;t feel safe in your existence. You shouldn&rsquo;t feel ok with your existence.&rdquo;
Links: <a href="https://mayor.baltimorecity.gov/bc/boards/baltimore-city-lgbtq-commission">Baltimore Office of LGBTQ Affairs</a>, <a href="https://linktr.ee/BmoreBlxck">BMORE BLXCK</a>, <a href="https://transmaryland.org/resources">Trans Maryland resources</a>, <a href="http://www.glccb.org/programs/lgbtqa-youth/">The PRIDE Center of Maryland.</a>

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