Why a trans teen fled his Texas home to find safety: ‘Daily danger zone’

Fifteen-year-old Dylan is in Minnesota, in his aunt’s basement, where he and his mom Sara now live, when he meets with a reporter from The Economic Reporting Project and Teen Vogue . Dylan and his mom, whose names have been changed for privacy and safety, fled their home in Texas shortly after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, as his barrage of political attacks on trans people turned an already unfriendly state into something even more terrifying.

Dylan has blue hair and glasses. He’s wearing a colorful striped cardigan that he hand-crocheted and is also knitting a vest while talking. He has a lot of downtime these days. He’s a gifted student who got stuck doing ninth grade online. “It’s boring overall,”

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