Lindsey Jaymes Spero made headlines with a well-timed shot of testosterone
pic.twitter.com/A2pGqxs4ZHHere’s the unedited full testimony of Lindsey Spero (they/he), a 25-year-old non-binary person and transgender activist who used their allotted time before the Florida Board of Medicine to inject his HRT.
Spero was one of the speakers who addressed the board at a public hearing on Friday – before the physicians refused to scrap new rules banning doctors from providing trans minors with gender-affirming healthcare.
Florida governor Ron DeSantis has said these treatments endanger children, while trans advocates say they can be life-saving. #transrights #transawareness #hrt #florida Spero was raised in a strict evangelical household in Pennsylvania.
They were subjected to conversion therapy, before being kicked out at the age of 18 for being trans.After their appearance before the board, Spero later told Buzzfeed they’d been inspired by the Stonewall uprising and disruptive protests like those initiated by ACT-UP.“I recognize that Stonewall and our freedom wasn’t won with passiveness and words and public forums,” Spero said. “It was won with bricks and blood.”Reflecting on the moment when they took the stand, Spero said, “I felt anger and this kind of holy rage that comes from knowing that you have no choice but to fight and that your fight is justified.“My hands stopped shaking and my voice became steady.
