'I cry for Florida's trans youth. This was a sham hearing with fake experts,' laments activist ErinInTheMorn after a Florida committee voted to advance a ban on gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youth.
While some proponents of the prospective ban made misleading and sometimes outright false claims, medical experts, trans youth, and their parents and loved ones testified about the critical importance of gender-affirming care.
Last year, right before I turned 15, I came out to them again. And they were more accepting. At that point, I had wanted to start transitioning for five years. After telling them I want to try and start, they hesitantly accepted it and we tried to start the process of getting testosterone. "Going on testosterone is the single best decision I have ever made in my life and that is not an exaggeration," Tversky added."I am no longer suicidal. I can finally acknowledge and embrace the fact that I have a future, and a family that loves and accepts me for who I am. I don't have to pretend to be someone else anymore. Until now. Until you."