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Support for Trans Youth in Arkansas Continues Despite Oppressive Bias Laws

June, who identifies as transfem, stands by while Amare, proprietor of the Transition Closet, selects several dresses for consideration. The free apparel store, sponsored by Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fayetteville, specializes in clothing for transgender youth and young adults.
Jacqueline Froelich
June, who identifies as transfem, stands by while Amare, proprietor of the Transition Closet, selects several dresses for consideration. The free apparel store, sponsored by Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fayetteville, specializes in clothing for transgender youth and young adults.

As the Conservative-majority Arkansas legislature continues to churn out bills seeking to erase the identities of transgender youth, advocates continue to provide crucial support. We visit a church-based free store that supplies gender-confirming clothing, and hear from a physician who provides gender-affirming medical care, still practicing under threat of a state-wide ban.

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Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for <i>Ozarks at Large.</i>
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