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A Pride Center leader on supporting Vermont’s trans community

By Mikaela Lefrak,
Matthew F Smith
Published April 15, 2022 at 5:04 PM EDT
As transgender and non-binary communities across the country see increased visibility, they also face ongoing challenges and risks. Above, a transgender flag pin amid rainbow LGBTQ pins and others signaling a person's preferred pronouns.
Matthew Smith
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We talk with the anti-violence program director at the Pride Center of Vermont about attacks on trans individuals and recent anti-trans rhetoric in Vermont and beyond.

After the murder of Fern Feather, a transgender woman from the Northeast Kingdom, we speak with the director of an LGBTQ anti-violence program about how to be an ally to Vermont's trans community.

Fern Feather was a 29-year-old woman from Albany, Vermont. Authorities have charged a man with murdering Feather in Morristown earlier this week.

News of Feather’s death came just days after leaders of the Vermont Republican Party spread anti-trans sentiments in a newsletter and Twitter. And in states across the country, Republican leaders are pushing a wave of anti-trans legislation.

Kim Jordan, the director of the Safe Space Anti-Violence Program at the Pride Center of Vermont, a community center that advocates for the health and safety of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Vermonters, joins the show.

Broadcast live on Friday, April 15, 2022, at noon.

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Mikaela Lefrak
Mikaela Lefrak is the host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The World and Here & Now. A seasoned local reporter, Mikaela has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a Public Media Journalists Association award for her work.
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Matthew F Smith
Matt Smith worked for Vermont Public from 2017 to 2023 as managing editor and senior producer of Vermont Edition.
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