Health care decisions made at the top for trans youth will determine who lives or dies.
In December, advocates and allies spoke before the Department of Family and Protective Services for the fourth time since a illegal directive from Gov. Greg Abbott instructed the department to investigate parents who provide health care to their trans kids. The chilling effect of this directive drove some practitioners to stop providing health care to trans young people.
The LGBTQ+ community has long struggled with government-imposed obstacles to health care, but the tactics we’re seeing today are new. Transgender people have a host of medical needs that are unique, and medical associations have
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