Today's Daily Spotlight: As state governments restrict trans rights, families of trans children face the painful decision of whether to stay or move away from their home states. 📝 Madeleine Carlisle (maddiecarlisle2)
on Dec. 14, led by researchers at the LGBTQ suicide prevention nonprofit The Trevor Project, found that the use of gender-affirming hormone therapy was associated with nearly 40% lower odds of recent depression and attempting suicide in the past year among transgender and nonbinary youth from ages 13 to 17. Apublished in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS One on Jan.
put “children’s lives at risk.” LGBTQ advocates argued the move was political, pointing out that it came shortly before the state’s Republican primary, where both Paxton and Abbott faced challengers. For Chris and Karen, the directive altered their risk assessment for raising their trans daughter in Texas. The night after Jessie asked whether she was going to die, they sat in their kitchen talking in circles.
The Briggles—Amber, Adam, and their 14-year-old trans son and his sibling—are one of those families. Amber says they’ve considered moving out of Texas, but it would be extremely difficult for them. She’s a small business owner and Adam is a tenured college professor—if they left, they’d lose their jobs and health insurance. She also worries about pulling her kids out of the crucial social and emotional developmental years of high school and middle school.
“My heart’s in Texas,” says Taylor, who has continued his job as a South Texas radio host remotely. “I would love to go home at some point for good… I feel I was forced to [become an] expat from my own state, and that’s heartbreaking.”When Karen’s family reached Oregon in early June, they all felt some sense of relief. They blasted “Edge of Town” by Middle Kids as they crossed the state line after five days of driving.
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