Lorelei Crean, 17, is busy visiting colleges, finishing school work, and trying to enjoy Spring Break like any other American teenager. But US President Donald Trump's crackdown on the rights of the LGBTQ community in his first 100 days has forced Crean, who is trans, to take to the streets and become a full-time activist. "It seems like a lawless land," they say, "so all we can do is keep fighting."
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00:00Right after Trump was elected, I made appointments to get both my state ID
00:04and birth certificate changed to have an ex-gender marker.
00:07I live in constant fearful anticipation of whether I will be able to receive
00:11life-saving gender affirming care, but knowing my legal existence had just been erased
00:17took a massive toll on me.
00:18Happy Trans Day of Visibility, everyone!
00:22It's been a lot. I feel like I'm going to something every week or
00:26basically, since Trump has gone into office, I've basically been propelled into action.
00:31What do we see? They're bending the knee.
00:37We are strong!
00:38Are we strong?
00:43We are the people!
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00:45Say it louder!
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00:47We want justice!
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00:54All of my legal documents have an X on it,
00:56which kind of counteracts Trump's statement on his first day in office,
01:00that the government only now recognizes male and female.
01:02So my existence is sort of the contradiction to Trump's statement.
01:07Each one has devastating effects for the country, but also singular people.
01:28And that's something that we just need to combat, because everybody has a personal story
01:33on how the Trump administration is targeting and affecting them.
01:37And for me, it's my fundamental rights.
01:40And that's very hard.
01:45I think honestly, a lot of the
01:48she made a statement that's sort of, New York's amazing.
01:51I think there's just this community of New Yorkers, and like I mentioned earlier, like new states.
01:57So many colleges I'm looking at, that state will not allow me to have health care.
02:02And if I go off campus, I will not be able to use the bathroom that corresponds with my gender identity.
02:08So sadly, the current laws against trans people are a factor in my college decisions,
02:13because depending on the state, I won't have rights.
02:17It seems like a lawless land.
02:19And as much as we can fight to try to protect and reinstate the law,
02:23we don't know what's going to happen.
02:24So all we can do is keep fighting and honestly hope that at some point,
02:28our voices not only get heard, but respected and listened to.
02:33And we need to keep coming out in numbers,
02:35because that's seemingly the only thing we can do.
02:37Fight!
02:38How do people unite?
02:40It's time to fight!
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