It's exhausting being #transgender in the US. Every day another state works to block gender affirming care for trans youth. Many have proposals in committees to ban rights and gender affirming care for all trans people. Some are actively pushing to reverse gender marker and name changes, making whatever appears on the ORIGINAL birth certificate immutable. Some are looking to ban whatever they consider "cross gender presentation". All of which punishable by law.
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The bigotry affects us. Doctors are turning away patients for religious reasons. We don't have access to adequate mental health care, so many of us struggle. Then that struggle or even a diagnosis is used against us, as a whole, by the lawmakers trying to eliminate us. We're losing the fight - not because we're wrong, not because of ignorance, but because of apathy and not wanting to disrupt the status quo.
Contact your lawmakers. Speak up for us. We need you.