Trans youth in U.S. facing a conservative offensive
japantimes.co.jpWASHINGTON – Leo is 14 years old and has been taking testosterone for about six months.“It definitely helps me. It makes me feel more confident,” the teenager from rural Pennsylvania said. “I feel more in tune with my gender identity.”Leo is worried, however, about laws adopted in a number of conservative U.S.
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