Posted on Apr 24, 2023
Missouri to restrict gender-affirming care for trans adults this week
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https://www.npr.org/2023/04/24/ [login to see] /missouri-attorney-general-transgender-adults-gender-affirming-health-care
Chelsea Freels has spent a good bit of time in 2023 trying to convince Missouri lawmakers to not vote for legislation barring what's known as gender-affirming care for transgender youth like her.
Over and over, the 17-year-old from suburban St. Louis has heard GOP lawmakers talking about how they need to pass legislation to protect people like her. And over and over, she says she replies:
"Protect me from what?" Freels says. " 'Oh no! The kid is getting better grades. Oh no! The scary transgender has friends! What are they going to do? Smile?' "
Despite Freels testifying that gender-affirming care has made her feel much happier and has helped her heal from depression and suicidal thoughts, Missouri lawmakers seem poised to approve legislation that bars puberty blockers, hormone therapy and gender transition surgery for minors.
Chelsea Freels has spent a good bit of time in 2023 trying to convince Missouri lawmakers to not vote for legislation barring what's known as gender-affirming care for transgender youth like her.
Over and over, the 17-year-old from suburban St. Louis has heard GOP lawmakers talking about how they need to pass legislation to protect people like her. And over and over, she says she replies:
"Protect me from what?" Freels says. " 'Oh no! The kid is getting better grades. Oh no! The scary transgender has friends! What are they going to do? Smile?' "
Despite Freels testifying that gender-affirming care has made her feel much happier and has helped her heal from depression and suicidal thoughts, Missouri lawmakers seem poised to approve legislation that bars puberty blockers, hormone therapy and gender transition surgery for minors.
Missouri to restrict gender-affirming care for trans adults this week
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Good afternoon PO1 William "Chip" Nagel. Excellent post. Thank You for sharing this shipmate.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Chelsea Freels says her generation can help turn back policy that could affect people like her.
"Make no mistake, we will probably lose this battle, but we will win the war," Freels says. "The problem is how many casualties and how many bodies laid dead before we got there?"
But Freels won't be in Missouri much longer to see if that backlash comes to pass.
"I do not want to be here anymore. I'm going to college soon," she says. "And you can take a look at all the red states. And I've got a red state hole puncher and the map of the U.S. And those are places that are not on my list anymore. And Missouri is unfortunately one of them."
..."Chelsea Freels says her generation can help turn back policy that could affect people like her.
"Make no mistake, we will probably lose this battle, but we will win the war," Freels says. "The problem is how many casualties and how many bodies laid dead before we got there?"
But Freels won't be in Missouri much longer to see if that backlash comes to pass.
"I do not want to be here anymore. I'm going to college soon," she says. "And you can take a look at all the red states. And I've got a red state hole puncher and the map of the U.S. And those are places that are not on my list anymore. And Missouri is unfortunately one of them."
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