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‘Legislators don’t see me as human’: Missouri trans youth fight to survive anti-LGBTQ+ bills (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 months ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18999354

GOP lawmakers have made the state hostile for trans youth. These teens and their parents vow to ‘assert themselves’

Some parents have stockpiled medications in hidden locations. Some have stopped socializing with neighbors. Some have made plans to flee the state.

In Missouri, transgender youth and their families are grappling with an onslaught of attacks on their rights. Last year, Republican lawmakers outlawed critical healthcare treatments for trans youth and banned many trans athletes from school sports. Local school districts worked to censor LGBTQ+ books and prohibit trans children from using bathroomsthat match their gender identity.

And the state’s attorney general has become a national leader in anti-trans policy, seeking to gain access to trans kids’ medical records, fighting to restrict trans adults’ healthcare and attacking trans adults who use public locker rooms.

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[–] theVerdantOne@beehaw.org 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

LGBTQ supporting states need to get something like the underground railroad going for them.

[–] bl4kers@beehaw.org 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

For reference, Illinois is the place Missouri folks can go for proper treatment (including abortion access). It can be a 4-5 hour drive from the west side of the state though

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 7 points 2 months ago

The Brigid Alliance helps cover transportation costs for people who need to travel out of state for abortion access, if anyone needs help or if anyone is looking for an organization to donate to.

[–] Ava@beehaw.org 9 points 2 months ago

Well of course not. They don't see cis children as people either, just as property. You're a person in the womb, property until you turn 18, and a drag on society after that unless you're a christian conservative.

[–] Eryn6844@beehaw.org 6 points 2 months ago

you need an Equality Missouri, you got to start pooling money and votes to get your state back.