and advocate for their kids. my next guest, katie, is one of those parents. she and her son, noah, left texas after republican governor greg abbott pushed to investigate the parents of transgender youth in his state. their story is the subject of the new nbc out documentary called dear noah, pages from a family diary. and the battle for, a centrally, and noah s right to exist as a trans person in the state of texas has been absolutely and devastating on me. i ve gained easily 70 pounds in the last year and a half. i have a hard time sleeping for the first time in my life. it s very, very scary. in katie joins me now. katie, thank you so much for being with me tonight. i first want to thank you for having the courage to speak out. i don t think it s easy. i don t think it s expected. i just want to thank you because i think it is helping
have four members of the media, including myself, honestly, about how best to cover these stories? what would you tell us? i would say to start and and with the humanity. not the bait click enos of a salacious headline. to push back on just promoting or talking through those angles and that might feel like it might generate the most excitement on a website. just to start and and with everyday people that are struggling through this and are just trying to live their normal, boring lives. don t forget that s a 16-year-old, that we are dome of. you are actually incredible. you are an inspiration. noah is incredibly lucky to have you as her mom the documentary is out on nbc. the ukrainian member of parliament, kyra rudik is here.