As a small child, for Lane Joslin, every dish towel became a dress, or long hair. The Christmas wish list included Barbie dolls. Pink nail polish eventually became a subtle way to self express.
Joslin’s mother, Barbara MacLeod, remembers well strapping her child into a car seat listening to exclamations of, “I’m a girl, I’m a girl.” Only Joslin had been born a boy.
“I was living a double life,” said Joslin, who transitioned in the fifth grade and is now a proud transgender girl. She’s recently found her voice in advocacy by collecting signatures in support of the Equality Act, which would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act to protect LGBTQ+ Americans from discrimination in employment, housing, education, public accommodations, jury service and federal programs.
