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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.

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For transgender students, acceptance goes beyond a bathroom stall

• Margaret Reist
• Sep 26, 2016
• Sep 26, 2016 Updated Feb 26, 2020
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• 11 min to read

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High school student Alek Duncan (left) hangs out with teacher Brandi Benson flipping through old yearbooks and chatting together after class on Thursday at Lincoln Southwest.

• KRISTIN STREFF, Journal Star

Alek Duncan (left) spends time after school -- the good kind, not detention -- with teacher Brandi Benson.

• KRISTIN STREFF, Journal Star

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Margaret Reist

Near the end of his freshman year, Alek Duncan stood in the doorway of his journalism teacher’s room after school one day.

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High school student Alek Duncan (left) hangs out after class with teacher Brandi Benson, sharing photos of a recent trip to Hawaii at Lincoln Southwest. 

KRISTIN STREFF, Journal Star

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