N.C. bill would ban treatment for trans people under 21
3 years, 8 months ago

N.C. bill would ban treatment for trans people under 21

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Three North Carolina Republican lawmakers introduced a bill Monday that would prevent doctors from performing gender reassignment surgery for transgender people younger than 21. Unlike other states, however, North Carolina would classify adults between the ages of 18 and 21 as minors under the “Youth Health Protection Act.” Medical professionals who facilitate a transgender person’s desire to present themselves or appear in a way that is inconsistent with their biological sex could have their license revoked and face civil fines of up to $1,000 per occurrence. Senate Bill 514 would also compel state employees to immediately notify parents in writing if their child displays “gender nonconformity” or expresses a desire to be treated in a way that is incompatible with the gender they were assigned at birth. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, executive director of the Campaign for Southern Equality, adding that “a person’s gender identity shouldn’t limit their ability to access health care or be treated with dignity and respect.” Republican state Sen. Ralph Hise, who represents portions of western North Carolina and wrote the bill, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Republicans support bathroom ban after US transgender lawmaker elected
1 month ago

Republicans support bathroom ban after US transgender lawmaker elected

Al Jazeera  

Republicans have pushed an effort barring the first federal transgender lawmaker from women’s restrooms in the US Capitol. The Republican majority leader in the US House of Representatives has said that bathrooms in the US Capitol will be restricted based on “individuals of that biological sex”, following the election of the first transgender person to Congress. The announcement by Majority …

South Carolina governor signs into law ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors
7 months ago

South Carolina governor signs into law ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. “Healthcare is a human right – and it breaks my heart to see lawmakers rip away life-affirming and often life-saving medical care from transgender youth in South Carolina. No one should be forced to leave their home state to access the care that they need and deserve,” Uplift Outreach Center Executive Director Raymond Velazquez …

Louisiana’s transgender ‘bathroom bill’ clears first hurdle
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Louisiana’s transgender ‘bathroom bill’ clears first hurdle

Associated Press  

— A bill that that would effectively bar transgender people in Louisiana from using restrooms, locker rooms and sleeping quarters that correspond with their gender identity — in public schools, jails and domestic violence shelters — advanced out of a state legislative committee Monday. While a handful of other GOP-controlled states have recently passed legislation dubbed “bathroom bills,” LGBTQ+ advocates …

Some states are trying to make sex binary. Transgender people see their existence denied
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Some states are trying to make sex binary. Transgender people see their existence denied

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Mack Allen, an 18-year-old high school senior from Kansas, braces for sideways glances, questioning looks and snide comments whenever he has to hand over his driver’s license, which still identifies him as female. That law and others introduced around the nation this year — often labeled as “bills of rights” for women — are part of a …

North Carolina's Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says trans people should be ARRESTED for using women's toilets as he tells them to 'find a corner outside'
10 months, 1 week ago

North Carolina's Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says trans people should be ARRESTED for using women's toilets as he tells them to 'find a corner outside'

Daily Mail  

Governor Mark Robinson has laid out how he wants to have transgender people arrested for using women's toilets. Robinson can be heard telling a crowd that transwomen should be arrested for using a women's bathroom. Robinson can be heard telling a crowd that transwomen should be arrested for using a women's bathroom Robinson's opponents for the Republican nomination for the …

South Carolina House OKs ban on gender-affirming care for minors
11 months, 1 week ago

South Carolina House OKs ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Hindustan Times  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A proposed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors was overwhelmingly approved Wednesday by the Republican-led South Carolina House. COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday debated proposed restrictions on health care for transgender youth, while a Missouri legislative committee discussed a slew of like-minded proposals. Democratic South Carolina Rep. Marvin Pendarvis said Republicans should stick …

South Carolina House OKs ban on gender-affirming care for minors, Missouri panel sees similar bills
11 months, 1 week ago

South Carolina House OKs ban on gender-affirming care for minors, Missouri panel sees similar bills

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Republican-led South Carolina House overwhelmingly approved a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors on Wednesday, while a Missouri legislative committee discussed a slew of like-minded proposals. But Republican South Carolina Rep. John McCravy, a co-sponsor of the bill, said Wednesday that “unpublished evidence” shows puberty blockers increase self-harm and decried the banned treatments as irreversible. …

Efforts to restrict transgender health care endure in 2024, with more adults targeted
11 months, 1 week ago

Efforts to restrict transgender health care endure in 2024, with more adults targeted

Associated Press  

Republican-led state legislatures are considering a new round of bills restricting medical care for transgender youths — and in some cases, adults — returning to the issue the year after a wave of high-profile bills became law and sparked lawsuits. Last year’s limits included a Florida law that has made it nearly impossible for many transgender adults in the state …

South Carolina Republicans back trans youth health care ban despite pushback from parents, doctors
11 months, 2 weeks ago

South Carolina Republicans back trans youth health care ban despite pushback from parents, doctors

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Pleas from transgender children’s pediatricians and parents to keep allowing such kids to receive hormone therapies failed to stop Republican lawmakers from advancing a ban on those treatments to the South Carolina House floor on Wednesday. The bill would bar health professionals from performing gender transition surgery, prescribing puberty-blocking drugs and overseeing hormone therapy for anyone under …

South Carolina Republican agenda includes energy resilience, gender care, Black history and guns
11 months, 2 weeks ago

South Carolina Republican agenda includes energy resilience, gender care, Black history and guns

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Republican lawmakers who pull all the levers of the South Carolina Legislature want to dispense with so-called “social issues” and focus this session on matters hitting residents’ pocketbooks. The 170-seat General Assembly reconvened Tuesday after last year’s work stretched into June with a prolonged debate over contentious new abortion restrictions, leaving part one of the two-year session …

Transgender Boy's Family Sues North Carolina Officials Over Ban On Gender-Affirming Care For Minors
1 year, 2 months ago

Transgender Boy's Family Sues North Carolina Officials Over Ban On Gender-Affirming Care For Minors

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING RALEIGH, N.C. — The family of a transgender boy in North Carolina is suing state health officials to block implementation of gender-affirming care restrictions that they say will force their son to undergo a traumatic wrong-gender puberty. The North Carolina lawsuit closely follows the playbook of other successful court challenges to gender-affirming care bans that have swept …

North Carolina laws curtailing transgender rights prompt less backlash than 2016 ‘bathroom bill’
1 year, 4 months ago

North Carolina laws curtailing transgender rights prompt less backlash than 2016 ‘bathroom bill’

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Seven years ago, North Carolina became ground zero in the nationwide fight over transgender rights with the passage of a “bathroom bill” that galvanized culture warriors, canceled business projects and sporting events and influenced a gubernatorial race. Republican Senate leader Phil Berger acknowledged Thursday that the “bathroom bill” is widely regarded as the prelude to the present …

Veto overridden: Ban on gender-affirming care for minors takes effect in North Carolina in US
1 year, 4 months ago

Veto overridden: Ban on gender-affirming care for minors takes effect in North Carolina in US

Hindustan Times  

Transgender youth in North Carolina lost access Wednesday to gender-affirming medical treatments after the Republican-led General Assembly overrode the governor’s vetoes of that legislation and other bills touching on gender in sports and LGBTQ instruction in the classroom. Democratic Sen. Lisa Grafstein, North Carolina’s only out LGBTQ state senator, said the gender-affirming care bill “may be the most heartbreaking bill …

North Carolina formally bans transgender girls in school sports and all youth gender-affirming care
1 year, 4 months ago

North Carolina formally bans transgender girls in school sports and all youth gender-affirming care

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Democratic Governor Roy Cooper had previously …

Veto overridden: Ban on gender-affirming care for minors takes effect in North Carolina
1 year, 4 months ago

Veto overridden: Ban on gender-affirming care for minors takes effect in North Carolina

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Transgender youth in North Carolina lost access Wednesday to gender-affirming medical treatments after the Republican-led General Assembly overrode the governor’s vetoes of that legislation and other bills touching on gender in sports and LGBTQ+ instruction in the classroom. Democratic Sen. Lisa Grafstein, North Carolina’s only out LGBTQ+ state senator, said the gender-affirming care bill “may be the …

North Carolina GOP seeks to override governor's veto of bill banning gender-affirming care for youth
1 year, 4 months ago

North Carolina GOP seeks to override governor's veto of bill banning gender-affirming care for youth

The Independent  

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North Carolina governor vetoes trio of LGBTQ+ restrictions in ongoing fight with GOP supermajority
1 year, 5 months ago

North Carolina governor vetoes trio of LGBTQ+ restrictions in ongoing fight with GOP supermajority

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed Wednesday a trio of bills aimed at LGBTQ+ youth that would ban gender-affirming health care for minors, restrict transgender participation in school sports and limit classroom instruction about gender identity and sexuality. Before this year, North Carolina had largely refrained from passing LGBTQ+ regulations after its 2016 “bathroom bill” — …

North Carolina governor signs law clearing up several aspects of impending abortion law
1 year, 5 months ago

North Carolina governor signs law clearing up several aspects of impending abortion law

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Last-minute revisions to North Carolina’s new abortion restrictions that take effect this weekend were signed into law on Thursday by Gov. Cooper vehemently opposed the underlying abortion law, which creates a ban on most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, replacing the current ban on most abortions after 20 weeks. While the clean-up bill was “important to …

North Carolina lawmakers give final OK to ban on gender-affirming care for trans children
1 year, 5 months ago

North Carolina lawmakers give final OK to ban on gender-affirming care for trans children

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina lawmakers finalized legislation on Wednesday that would prohibit certain gender-affirming care for children and prevent state funds from being used to provide such therapies and procedures. According to leading professional health associations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association and the Endocrine Society, gender-affirming care is considered safe and medically necessary. Also …

Transgender sports ban heads to North Carolina governor’s desk
1 year, 6 months ago

Transgender sports ban heads to North Carolina governor’s desk

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Transgender girls in North Carolina would no longer be allowed to play on the school sports teams that align with their gender identity under a proposal that received final legislative approval on Thursday. North Carolina, like many other Republican-led state legislatures, could soon push several other bills across the finish line that target trans youth, including a …

North Carolina House revives LGBTQ+ education limits in final days of session
1 year, 6 months ago

North Carolina House revives LGBTQ+ education limits in final days of session

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Previously stalled legislation that would limit LGBTQ+ instruction in North Carolina public schools and require teachers to out transgender kids to their parents gained momentum Wednesday after months of inaction as state legislators race to push policies across the finish line before the session ends. North Carolina’s House education committee advanced the bill requiring all public school …

North Carolina legislature pushes limits on transgender youth rights in final days of session
1 year, 6 months ago

North Carolina legislature pushes limits on transgender youth rights in final days of session

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Transgender rights are taking center …

North Carolina legislature pushes limits on transgender youth rights in final days of session
1 year, 6 months ago

North Carolina legislature pushes limits on transgender youth rights in final days of session

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Transgender rights took center stage Tuesday in North Carolina as the GOP-controlled General Assembly advanced legislation to restrict gender-affirming health care and trans participation in sports. Hours after the House Health Committee advanced a bill banning state facilities from treating trans minors with hormones and gender-affirming surgeries, the Senate voted 31-17 to ban trans girls from playing …

Transgender sports ban nears finish line in North Carolina legislature
1 year, 6 months ago

Transgender sports ban nears finish line in North Carolina legislature

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — A bill banning transgender girls from playing on the middle school, high school and college sports teams that align with their gender identity is approaching the finish line in North Carolina as GOP-controlled state legislatures nationwide round out a record year of legislation targeting transgender residents. “This is only telling everyone that women’s sports is for women.” …

North Carolina House OKs ban on transgender youth surgeries
1 year, 7 months ago

North Carolina House OKs ban on transgender youth surgeries

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Transgender youth in North Carolina would have to wait until they turn 18 to receive gender-affirming surgeries under a bill approved Wednesday by the GOP-controlled state House. Rep. Ken Fontenot, a Wilson County Republican and one of the bill’s primary sponsors, said performing gender-affirming surgeries on children and teenagers is “a grave injustice.” “I am not against …

North Carolina Republicans announce abortion bill agreement
1 year, 7 months ago

North Carolina Republicans announce abortion bill agreement

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy North Carolina Republican legislative leaders said on Tuesday there's agreement …

Transgender surgery ban advances in North Carolina House
1 year, 7 months ago

Transgender surgery ban advances in North Carolina House

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Dozens of transgender North Carolinians and their supporters spoke out against state lawmakers Tuesday as a House committee advanced legislation banning gender-affirming surgeries for minors without allowing members of the public to testify. The audience erupted in chants of “Let us speak” and “Blood on your hands” as the Republican-controlled House Health Committee passed a proposal prohibiting …

US culture wars dominated North Dakota’s legislative session
1 year, 7 months ago

US culture wars dominated North Dakota’s legislative session

Associated Press  

North Dakota’s House and Senate have adjourned, capping a session in which state lawmakers aggressively passed bills to restrict transgender rights, abortion access and library content — offering a glimpse of how Republican-controlled states have responded to these national hot-button issues. TRANS RIGHTS House and Senate lawmakers passed several bills with veto-proof majorities that were signed into law by the …

North Dakota sends transgender pronoun bill to governor
1 year, 7 months ago

North Dakota sends transgender pronoun bill to governor

Associated Press  

Public school teachers in North Dakota would be allowed to ignore the pronouns their transgender students use, under a bill that state Senate lawmakers passed Thursday with a veto-proof majority. The passage comes just days after House lawmakers also passed the bill with a veto-proof majority, which means the bill could become law without Republican Gov. Speaking in support of …

North Dakota limits bathroom use for transgender people
1 year, 7 months ago

North Dakota limits bathroom use for transgender people

Associated Press  

Transgender kids and adults in North Dakota won’t be able to access bathrooms, locker rooms or showers that match the gender they identify with in places like college dorms or jails, under a new law signed by Republican Gov. Last week, the governor signed a bill that restricts transgender health care in the state, immediately making it a crime to …

New North Dakota law limits bathroom access for transgender people
1 year, 7 months ago

New North Dakota law limits bathroom access for transgender people

LA Times  

Doug Burgum signed a law that forbids transgender children and adults from using bathrooms, locker rooms or showers that match the gender they identify with in places like college dormitories and jails. Transgender children and adults in North Dakota won’t be allowed to use bathrooms, locker rooms or showers that match the gender they identify with in places like college …

Transgender, library, child care bills move in North Dakota
1 year, 8 months ago

Transgender, library, child care bills move in North Dakota

Associated Press  

North Dakota House lawmakers passed three bills Friday that would restrict transgender people’s access to bathrooms, remove sexually explicit materials from the children’s section of libraries, and expand child care assistance in the hopes of combating the state’s workforce shortage. CHILD CARE BILL Following heated debate, House lawmakers passed a bill that would expand child care assistance for parents in …

North Carolina GOP closes in on transgender athlete ban
1 year, 8 months ago

North Carolina GOP closes in on transgender athlete ban

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — A prohibition on transgender girls playing on female sports teams in North Carolina schools cleared a second legislative chamber this week when the state Senate approved a bill Thursday. Also Thursday, the U.S. House passed a bill to bar federally supported schools and colleges from allowing any athlete whose biological sex assigned at birth was male from …

North Dakota governor signs law limiting trans health care
1 year, 8 months ago

North Dakota governor signs law limiting trans health care

Associated Press  

North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum signed a bill into law that restricts transgender health care in the state, immediately making it a crime to give gender-affirming care to people younger than 18. Gender-affirming care for minors has been available in the U.S. for more than a decade and is endorsed by major medical associations, but it has increasingly come …

North Carolina House approves ban on transgender athletes
1 year, 8 months ago

North Carolina House approves ban on transgender athletes

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Transgender girls in North Carolina would be prohibited from joining female sports teams in middle school, high school and college under legislation passed Wednesday by the Republican-controlled House in one of its first actions since attaining a supermajority earlier this month. The House approved legislation 73-39, with three Democrats voting in favor, to separate sports by biological …

Veto-proof North Carolina GOP advances transgender sport ban
1 year, 8 months ago

Veto-proof North Carolina GOP advances transgender sport ban

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Transgender girls would be prohibited from participating in sports that correspond with their gender identity under a bill that advanced Tuesday in the North Carolina Senate. The Senate Education Committee advanced a bill Tuesday that would designate middle and high school sports by biological sex, determined by “reproductive biology and genetics at birth.” While sponsors promoted the …

Newly veto-proof North Carolina GOP files transgender bans
1 year, 8 months ago

Newly veto-proof North Carolina GOP files transgender bans

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — On the heels of a Democratic state lawmaker’s seismic shift to the Republican Party, North Carolina Republicans have filed a flurry of bills aimed at transgender youth as they look to capitalize on their newly attained supermajority. Five Senate bills filed this week before the chamber’s Thursday filing deadline would ban gender-affirming medical procedures for transgender youth …

North Dakota advances suite of restrictions on trans rights
1 year, 8 months ago

North Dakota advances suite of restrictions on trans rights

Associated Press  

The North Dakota Senate has passed a series of bills that would restrict transgender people’s rights in sports, health care, schools, workplaces and daily life. Doctors would be prohibited from providing gender-affirming care to people under 18, and transgender girls and women wouldn’t be allowed to join female sports teams in K-12 and college, under bills that passed with veto-proof …

SC senators advance ban on gender-affirming care for minors
1 year, 8 months ago

SC senators advance ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — About five dozen advocates for transgender youth rallied outside the South Carolina State House as Republican senators joined their conservative counterparts nationwide in advancing a ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors. Matt Sharp, a senior counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom, a national Christian conservative advocacy group, said it “would protect children and parents from being …

Arkansas bathroom bill condemned as too extreme is revamped
1 year, 8 months ago

Arkansas bathroom bill condemned as too extreme is revamped

Associated Press  

— An Arkansas bathroom bill that went further than a 2016 North Carolina law that was repealed after widespread boycotts was revamped Tuesday following complaints from members of the transgender community and their families that it would criminalize trans people simply for using public restrooms. The Republican lawmaker behind the bill said he was OK with the latest version, saying …

Debate on Nebraska gender-affirming care bill gets combative
1 year, 9 months ago

Debate on Nebraska gender-affirming care bill gets combative

Associated Press  

— Debate that began Tuesday on a Nebraska bill to ban gender-affirming care for minors, which led one lawmaker to stage an epic weekslong filibuster, quickly grew contentious, with supporters and opponents angrily voicing their frustration and admonishing each other for a lack of collegiality. The bill introduced by Republican Sen. Kathleen Kauth, a freshman lawmaker in the officially-nonpartisan state …

Arkansas Senate OKs bathroom bill that critics call extreme
1 year, 9 months ago

Arkansas Senate OKs bathroom bill that critics call extreme

Associated Press  

— A bill that would criminalize transgender people using restrooms that match their gender identity won initial approval in the Arkansas Legislature on Tuesday, introducing a restriction critics said would be the most extreme in the country. Republican Sen. John Payton, the Arkansas bill’s sponsor, called the measure narrowly crafted since it would only apply when minors are present and …

Trans youth care ban headed to Tennessee governor’s desk
1 year, 10 months ago

Trans youth care ban headed to Tennessee governor’s desk

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Transgender youth in Tennessee would be banned from receiving gender-affirming care under legislation currently headed to the desk of Republican Gov. They need love and support, and many of them need to be able to grow up to become the individuals that they were intended to be.” Across the United States, state lawmakers have introduced legislation attacking …

Tennessee closes in on trans youth care ban; lawsuit pledged
1 year, 10 months ago

Tennessee closes in on trans youth care ban; lawsuit pledged

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s Republican-led Senate approved a measure Monday that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors, spurring civil rights groups to promise an immediate lawsuit if and when it becomes law. Yet Tennessee in particular has been caught in the center of this conflict ever since video surfaced on social media last year of a Nashville doctor touting …

North Carolina Senate again seeking LGBTQ limits in schools
1 year, 10 months ago

North Carolina Senate again seeking LGBTQ limits in schools

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — A bill advancing in North Carolina’s Senate would prohibit instruction about sexuality and gender identity in K-4 public school classes, defying the recommendations of parents, educators and LGBTQ youths who testified against it. But bill sponsor Sen. Amy Galey, an Alamance County Republican and education committee co-chair, said that without it, teachers can “shove parents out of …

S. Dakota lawmakers push bill to bar transgender youth care
1 year, 10 months ago

S. Dakota lawmakers push bill to bar transgender youth care

Associated Press  

— A state House committee voted Tuesday to advance a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth in South Dakota. “Gender-affirming care is part of comprehensive primary care,” said Daniel Heinemann, chief officer of Sanford Health and chair of South Dakota’s American Academy of Family Physicians. “Family physicians are deeply concerned by the growing trend of recent legislative …

Bill to ban care for transgender minors gets heated hearing
1 year, 10 months ago

Bill to ban care for transgender minors gets heated hearing

Associated Press  

— A proposed bill to deny gender-affirming care to young transgender people in Montana drew emotional testimony Friday. The bill by Republican Sen. John Fuller threatens health care providers with the loss of their licenses for a year if they use puberty blockers, hormones or surgery to treat transgender minors. Ren Zaluski rejected the “fad” argument, noting “there was a …

Lawyer defends North Carolina’s transgender care exclusions
1 year, 10 months ago

Lawyer defends North Carolina’s transgender care exclusions

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — A lawyer representing the leaders of North Carolina’s state employee health plan defended its exclusion of gender-affirming treatments on Wednesday before a federal appeals court, facing a barrage of criticisms from its chief judge. State Treasurer Dale Folwell and the State Health Plan’s executive administrator are seeking to overturn a trial court order demanding that the plan …

South Dakota GOP lawmakers push trans youth health care ban
1 year, 11 months ago

South Dakota GOP lawmakers push trans youth health care ban

Associated Press  

— A group of South Dakota Republican lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday to outlaw gender-affirming health care for transgender youth, pushing the state to join at least a dozen others considering anti-transgender legislation this year. South Dakota Republicans have perennially considered bills aimed at limiting the health care, school facilities and sports teams that transgender youth can access. “Gender-affirming care …

Transgender lawmaker hopes her presence brings understanding
2 years ago

Transgender lawmaker hopes her presence brings understanding

Associated Press  

— Zooey Zephyr worked behind the scenes during Montana’s 2021 legislative session to oppose an ultimately unsuccessful effort to ban transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming health care, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgery. “That they get to live their life, that they don’t have to hide the way I had to hide, the way other trans adults from past …

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