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The Brunswick Library presented its annual Living Library event April 1, in which visitors “check out” a community member who presents their unique life experience.

Writer says LGBTQ+ people deserve equal treatment and that more communities should hold supportive LGBTQ+ events.

Part of being a good ally — a straight, cisgender person who isn’t part of the LGBTQ community but supports them — is just understanding things, she said.

The Medina nonprofit OutSupport was formed as a grassroots discussion group in 2013. A Medina-based nonprofit has been awarded a grant to supply dozens of transgender teens with specialized clothing that can both provide comfort -- and even save lives. What began as a grassroots discussion group is now OutSupport, which provides guidance and services for transgender teens and their families. Founder Sandy Varndell remembers an early meeting when she realized the importance of gender-affirming clothing. “One of the teens talked about the dream that he had and said, ‘in our dreams, we see ...