Sticks and Stones: Outright Vermont teaches kids that words do hurt

It’s 9 a.m. on a Wednesday morning, and dozens of bleary-eyed teens are shuffling into Ryan Clements’ classroom. Normally during this period, they’d be learning about drugs and alcohol and how to make healthy decisions with them. But on this day, they have a special guest. Saben Littlefield from Outright Vermont greets the class with a big hello. They listen as Littlefield explains that Outright Vermont works with youth ages 13 to 22 who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning or straight allies.

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