Transgender rights are under siege in over half of the US. 28 states have proposed one or more anti-trans bills that include prohibiting doctors from giving trans youth life-saving care.
Insider gathered every anti-trans bill introduced this year.👇
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Insider gathered every anti-trans bill introduced this year.👇
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Medical best practice guidelines from @theendosociety, @childmindinst, and @APA recommend that states provide gender-affirming care for trans children.
But several states want to criminalize these vital health services.
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But several states want to criminalize these vital health services.
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Alabama is voting on two bills that make it a felony for doctors to treat trans youth with gender-affirming care like puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
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Going through puberty that doesn’t correspond with a trans child’s gender can intensify feelings of gender dysphoria. Puberty blockers essentially pause puberty for teens while they decide which course of gender-affirming action they want to take.
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Alabama’s state legislature has also proposed anti-trans sports legislation (HB391) that would prevent trans children from participating in sports teams that match their gender from kindergarten to 12th grade. insider.com/over-half-of-u…
Arizona’s SB1511 would punish doctors with over a decade in prison for providing HRT or puberty blockers to minors.
State lawmakers are also attempting to ban trans athletes from playing school sports that match their gender with bill SB1637.
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State lawmakers are also attempting to ban trans athletes from playing school sports that match their gender with bill SB1637.
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Kentucky’s HB336 would make gender-affirming care for trans minors illegal and protect public officials who express against gender-affirming care if passed.
The state legislature is debating bills that would stop trans student-athletes from playing sports matching their gender.
The state legislature is debating bills that would stop trans student-athletes from playing sports matching their gender.
Minnesota is voting on three bills that would prevent trans students from participating in school sports.
HF1657 would criminalize trans women who try to participate in girls’ sports or use locker rooms that correspond with their gender rather than their sex assigned at birth.
HF1657 would criminalize trans women who try to participate in girls’ sports or use locker rooms that correspond with their gender rather than their sex assigned at birth.
Read on for a full list of the states that have proposed similar bills and what they could mean to transgender people.👇
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