BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WIAT ) — Stepping into the Magic City Acceptance Academy, Nico Lang was overwhelmed by visions of what their youth could have been.
Lang’s award-winning reporting has been featured in publications such as the New York Times, Huffington Post, and Vice. Currently, the nonbinary journalist is focusing their efforts on maintaining Queer News Daily , an Instagram account with the latest news stories impacting the LGBTQ+ community.
Over the past decade, hundreds of families have opened up to Lang about the challenges of raising a child in states banning gender-affirming healthcare , access to a preferred school bathroom or being called by the name they’ve chosen.
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“When you hear about all of this horrible anti-trans legislation being passed in so many different states — more than 600 bills in nearly all 50 states this year — often that’s done without really considering the people that it would impact and the young lives that it would harm,” Lang said.