Mengel and QLC Policy Coordinator H Edwards co-founded the Trans* Collective student group at the beginning of this semester. Run by and for transgender students at BC, the collective aims to increase visibility and make a home for trans students on campus.

Massachusetts voters will take to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to repeal the transgender anti-discrimination law put in place in 2016, which added gender identity to the list of prohibited grounds for discrimination in public accommodations.