Nebraska’s new law restricting gender-affirming care for anyone under 19 goes into effect this weekend
Nola Rhea, 17, left, and her mother, Heather Rhea, 47, sit together in a coffee shop on Sept. 26, 2023, in Lincoln, Neb., as they discuss Nola's plans to leave the state of Nebraska next year to attend college following the state's enactment of a law restricting gender-confirming medical treatments for minors. Nola is a transgender teen who says she no longer feels welcomed in Nebraska.
“I know several, several people who've reached out for information and gotten zero response,” she said. Tesmer is an ear, nose and throat surgeon and political appointee of Republican Gov. Jim Pillen. The governor has leaned hard into a swell of anti-transgender legislation in Republican-led statehouses across the country.
“There's a huge amount of concern about what's going to happen to trans folks,” Cavanaugh said. “They feel like the governor has put a target on their back for political gain. And they're frightened about what happens next.”Heather Rhea's daughter, 17-year-old Nola Rhea, is a high school senior in Lincoln.
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