The following article by Ricardo Lopez and Liz Sawyer was posted on the Star Tribune website February 23, 2017:
Gov. Mark Dayton and Minnesota school officials moved quickly Thursday to reassure transgender students and their families after President Donald Trump withdrew a federal directive meant to protect them in schools, giving some hope to parents like Alison Yocom who are worried for their children.
“We were scrambling and trying to figure out what to say to our kids,” said Yocom of Minneapolis, mother to George, a 13-year-old transgender boy. In contact with other parents through the support group Transforming Families, Yocom said some of their kids were afraid to go to school on Thursday.
“Kids’ lives are at stake,” Yocom said. Continue reading “Parents of Minn. transgender children find some hope in reassurance from Dayton, school officials”