A recent order from Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directing the state to consider medical treatments for transgender youths as child abuse is hurtful to children and their families, as is a new Alabama law that makes providing gender-affirming care to a minor a felony, says lawyer Asaf Orr.
Orr directs the Transgender Youth Project at the National Center for Lesbian Rights and adds that many clients in those states, as well as the 10-plus that recently passed laws prohibiting transgender youths from playing in girls’ sports, are finding support from churches, neighbors and schools.
