Ban on gender affirming medical treatments for youth approved in Texas House
completed by the LGBTQ group the Trevor Project found 62% of those polled said recent politics negatively impacted their wellbeing.
Oliverson said suicidal ideation has been incorrectly linked to lack of care and rejected the support of national physicians groups, saying they were not necessarily representative of the entire medical field and shied away from taking a hard look at these treatments. He also brought up European countries that once embraced gender affirming care that have now stepped away or are taking another look at those practices, and likened gender dysphoria to anorexia.After about four hours, Arlington GOP Rep. Tony Tinderholt accused Democrats of wanting to physically hurt children by providing them gender affirming treatment.There were scattered cheers and clapping from supporters. They were warned not to speak out.
Just before the vote was taken, Thierry gave a tearful speech in which she said years of research, discussion with advocates and soul-searching led her to support the legislation.
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