ChangeMakers: Hildie Edwards speaks up for trans kids like herself
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| | ChangeMakers: Hildie Edwards speaks up for trans kids like herself |
Hildie Edwards is a 12-year-old singer, performer and actor who lives with her parents and younger sister in Eagan. She enjoys doing impressions of famous people (Jennifer Coolidge and Dolly Parton, to name a few) and recently played the role of Olaf the snowman in her school’s production of “Frozen.”
Edwards also testified at a Minnesota Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in February in support of the trans refuge bill , which protects access to gender-affirming health care for transgender people in Minnesota, whether they live here or are traveling from another state.
She delivered a four-minute speech at the hearing about the role Minnesota plays as a place where trans people are able to find safety, be supported and thrive.
“Basic human rights should not be an end goal. I look forward to the day where Minnesota laws not only allow me to exist, but when they are written to make sure trans kids like me are affirmed and celebrated for the amazing people they are,” Edwards said during her testimony. | |
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