Support for Transgender youth
Just 0.5 percent of the adult U.S. population-1.3 million people identifies as transgender. In just the past few years , states have proposed hundreds of bills that seek to ban transgender medical care. In addition to causing direct harm, these bills aid in proliferating misinformation about transgender health care—such as false claims that children undergo surgeries at school without parental consent. Proponents of bans on transgender medical care also promote harmful rhetoric that this care, especially when provided to young people, is experimental and wholly irreversible, but nothing could be farther from the truth. According to the World Health Organization, gender-affirming care can consist of one or more “social, phycological, behavioral, or medical interventions.” It can range from hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to surgery.Like other medical care, treatment for gender dysphoria is not one-size-fits-all; rather, it is tailored to me...