My Republican Colleagues' Anti-Transgender Laws Threaten American Freedom | Opinion
ban on health care for transgender youth—like similar bans across the country—gives politicians the power to overrule parents' decisions to obtain essential care for their kids, while also threatening health care professionals with criminal penalties for simply following well-established industry guidelines.
These kinds of restrictions have spread across the country, thanks to model legislation from special interest groups that are taking advantage of confusion and misinformation to promote their own agenda.Like many Americans, for a long time I didn't know what it meant for a kid to be transgender.
But as I spoke with my constituents, I learned more about the experiences of families with transgender children. One mother I met described how she gave birth to identical twins she thought were boys, but one of the twins grew up to be a transgender girl.
This transgender daughter was afraid to do something as simple as go to the bathroom at school because politicians were attacking transgender people's rights.
