Alex Corwin

Hello! My name is Alex Corwin. I live in Brooklyn, New York. I am a thirteen year old eighth grader attending LREI middle school, and my Citizen Action Project topic is "Gender Affirming Care in the United States." Gender affirming care is very important to me as a transgender teen, and I hope to create change and fight for the rights of transgender people in the US and all over the world.

Paul Silverman: A Queer Therapist

My CAP partner, Sylvie, and I walked into the learning lab nervously. As we started the meeting, we saw Paul’s face on our screen. When we realized that the Zoom meeting’s audio and video were barely working, we had to log onto a different computer and restart the interview. Once we finally got started, the…

Ava Dawson: A Trans Ally

An interview with Ava Dawson, one of LREI’s school nurses. Sylvie, my Citizen Action Project partner, and I walked into the learning lab and prepared ourselves for an interview with Ava Dawson, a school nurse working at LREI. As we got onto the Zoom meeting, I started to relax. Ava was kind and welcoming, which…