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Massachusetts is among the states where families with LGBTQ+ children consider moving, due to the state's anti-discrimination policies. Above, the front yard of one family who moved in January 2025 from South Carolina to western Massachusetts.
Sara Ballard
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Submitted
Even before Donald Trump became president again and signed several anti-LGBTQ+ orders, more than two dozen states had been building up their policies. Seeking a quality of life with less discrimination, some families are deciding to move to states with more protections in place.
Cold Current Kelp co-owner Krista Rosen holds up an example of wild sugar kelp that has grown on the company’s previously planted line in Kittery, Maine, on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (Austin Leathers for the New England News Collaborative)
Austin Leathers
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for the New England News Collaborative
Winter is planting season for kelp, a growing industry in New England.