A math prodigy from Utah and a punk rock-loving guitarist from South Dakota are among the transgender teens whose families are watching closely as states pass bans on gender-affirming care and the treatments their doctors have prescribed them.
Several states northeast, Asher Wilcox-Broekemeier listened to punk rock in his room, longing to join the shirtless boys from the neighborhood playing beneath the South Dakota sunshine. It wasn’t until menstruation started, and the disconnect with his body grew, that he knew he was one of them.
Both kids’ realizations started their families on a yearslong path of doctors, therapists and other experts in transgender medicine.
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