Tim Fitzsimons in a staff reporter covering LGBTQ issues for NBC Out and NBC News. He previously worked as a Washington reporter for Marketplace radio and as a producer and reporter at National Public Radio.

Referenced in this episode:
Tennessee teen dies by suicide after being outed online. NBCNews.com, September 30, 2019.
18 Transgender Killings This Year Raise Fears of an ‘Epidemic’. New York Times, September 27, 2019.
Only 0.1 percent of elected officials are LGBTQ, new report finds. NBCNews.com, June 22, 2018.

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