Protect Trans Youth
Arizona’s radical Republicans, like Senators Nancy Barto, Wendy Rogers, and Kelly Townsend, continue their attack on trans youth. This week they voted in favor of SB1138, a bill that outlaws gender affirming care for trans youth in the Senate Health and Human Services committee. Thanks to a packed room of supportive parents, trans adults, and trans youth who testified against this bill in committee, it failed to receive a due pass recommendation from the committee.
According to the Harvard Law Review, experts conclude that, "'protecting' trans youth requires allowing them to access medical care that permits them to live according to their own definitions of themselves." [1]