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Vermont Edition

President Trump's executive order on gender faces Vermont's LBGTQ+ protections

By Mitch Wertlieb,
Andrea Laurion
Published January 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM EST

Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order stating that the federal government would recognize only two genders 鈥� male and female. What does this order mean for LGBTQ+ individuals in Vermont? And how might state laws, which conflict with Trump鈥檚 proclamation, provide protections for those who may feel threatened by it?

Director of Family Advocacy for Polly Crozier explains the executive order and how it will be challenged in court. Meg York, senior policy counsel and director of LGBTQ+ family law and policy for the organization shares Vermont state protections for LGBTQ+ families and gender non-conforming people. Executive director of Dana Kaplan shares insights into supporting queer and trans youth across the state.

Broadcast live on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Mitch Wertlieb
A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.
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Andrea Laurion
Andrea Laurion joined 开云体育 as a news producer for Vermont Edition in December 2022. She is a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., and a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine. Before getting into audio, Andrea worked as an obituary writer, a lunch lady, a wedding photographer assistant, a children鈥檚 birthday party hostess, a haunted house actor, and an admin assistant many times over.
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