Suicide Rates Among Transgender Youth: A Call to Action
It feels painfully obvious that the recent rash of anti-transgender laws, bills, and executive actions in the United States are harmful to the mental health of all transgender people.
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What happens when trans kids are prevented from transitioning? - Vox https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23281683/trans-kids-transition-medicine-surgery
Stop worrying about what happens if we let kids transition. Worry about what happens if we don’t.
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Arkansas has become the first state to pass a bill banning health care for transgender youth and 16 other states have introduced similar legislation.
Holly Dickson, executive director of the ACLU of Arkansas, said in a statement that the ruling “sends a clear message to states across the country that gender-affirming care is life-saving care, and we won’t let politicians in Arkansas — or anywhere else — take it away."
“Today’s victory is a testament to the trans youth of Arkansas and their allies, who never gave up the fight to protect access to gender- affirming care and who will continue to defend the right of all trans people to be their authentic selves, free from discrimination," she said. "We won’t rest until this cruel and unconstitutional law is struck down for good.”
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas
GOP attorneys general for 17 different states told a federal court that they should be allowed to ban transgender youth from receiving life-saving gender-affirming medical care.
