Overview

• Lantz pleaded guilty to misdemeanor vandalism and criminal mischief charges for gluing his hand to a railing during an April 2024 Pennsylvania Senate session.
• A plea deal reduced an initial felony institutional vandalism count to a misdemeanor and imposed $16,575 in damages for carpet replacement, glue removal, and wood trim repairs.
• He cited five transgender youth suicides in Lancaster County between 2022 and 2024 and said multiple requests to meet with Senator Ryan Aument went unanswered.
• Facing limited time because of stage-four cancer, Lantz accepted legal penalties as a means to force political accountability on trans youth mental health.
• His GoFundMe campaign for the “Not Losing You” suicide-prevention PSA has raised just over $40,000 toward a $75,000 goal.