Checking in with Grinnell's TGNB community – The Scar

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As the pandemic continues, so do its accompanying struggles; something especially true for the nonbinary and trans community. Economic instability, job discrimination and dysphoria are all hitting harder than normal for the Transgender and Gender Non-Binary (TGNB) students stuck at home with minimal contact with friends and other TGNB folk.
A Columbia University study found that a high percentage of TGNB people were struggling during COVID-19, which begs the question: how are Grinnell’s TGNB students doing?
Grinnell has a lot of TGNB students who are living openly with their identities. Some students have relatively accepting families, even if their families are not perfect. In some cases, this lack of acceptance affected their decisions on where to live during lockdown.