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SHOW TRANSCRIPT Willow Breshears and Carmen Gresham are on the same path now; strong trans women in Arkansas advocating for their rights and those of people just like them. But their experiences in getting here, couldn t be more different. For Carmen,now a registered nurse, the delay in treatment made her college years during transition painful ones. She says having access to gender affirming care at a younger age would have made all the difference both mentally and financially. Right now, there are doctors in Arkansas who prescribe hormones, puberty blockers and perform gender reassignment surgery. But if the state’s lawmakers have any say, that will soon be off the table. The legislature passed the “SAFE Act” which would forbid doctors from conducting any form of gender affirming care to children under 18, even with parental consent. State lawmakers overruled Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson’s veto. The law would be the first in the nation and was jus ....
2021 Arkansas legislative nightmare: lawmakers stick it to their own constituents Kasten Searles A year into a pandemic that stole jobs, lives and any sense of stability, Arkansans might have hoped for some help when lawmakers convened in January for the 93rd General Assembly. What they got was a kick in the face. Untethered by any check or balance on their hefty Republican supermajority, extremist lawmakers spent their time belittling and attacking their own constituents. For transgender children, renters, would-be voters, pregnant women or public safety advocates, Arkansas senators and representatives refused aid, offering insults and punishments instead. Advertisement A few football fields to the right of ....
Children will die : Transgender advocates warn about risks as more states consider banning gender-affirming care for kids Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT Willow Breshears knew she was different for as long as she can remember. Growing up in rural Arkansas, she said she often felt depressed her personal discoveries about herself quashed by social norms and Baptist teachings. Now 18 and living in Little Rock, the transgender activist recently testified before lawmakers as part of an effort to try to stop the passage of a proposed state law that, among other things, bans doctors from providing gender-affirming care such as including puberty blockers and hormone therapy to youth under 18. She and others protesting the measure were unsuccessful. ....
Neon Nettle - Trans Activist Blasts States Banning Hormone Therapy for Kids: Children Will Die - Transgender Advocate Willow Breshears warns of spike in child deaths ....