""I really want to share that often trans people are vilified and demonised by politicians and the media generally. We're people, Like I said, I'm your average young woman. I'm having a blast with my friends. I'm super busy with classes. We're going to football games, basketball games. I am trans, but that's not all my life is. But that also doesn't mean I'm not proud to be trans.""
""Singer-songwriter and longtime LGBTQ+ ally Kelly Clarkson caught up with trans teen Harleigh Walker two years after she first appeared on the show for Trans Awareness Week. A section of this week's The Kelly Clarkson Show was dedicated to platforming the voices of trans Americans. Clarkson welcomed back Harleigh from Alabama to share a message. Harleigh first appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show back in 2023. She was on the show with her father, Jeff, for an emotional discussion alongside trans actress Laverne Cox.""
Kelly Clarkson welcomed trans teen Harleigh Walker back to mark Trans Awareness Week and to give Harleigh an opportunity to share an update. Harleigh is now 18, has graduated high school, and is a freshman at the University of Maryland. She stated that trans people are often vilified by politicians and the media, described herself as an average young woman enjoying classes and social life, and said she is proud to be trans while asserting that being trans is not her whole life. The piece notes past advocacy from PFLAG and an executive order that ended government-backed DEI programmes.
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