Gender-Affirming Care Targeted in Texas

February 28, 2022

In an example of the difficulties imposed on transgender young people and their families, Texas’s governor recently called on doctors and teachers to report parents who give their children gender-affirming care, according to a recent NPR report. In Issues, Adam Briggle provides a powerful—and personal—look at challenges transgender kids face. Society has been “deranged by centuries of gender stereotypes,” he writes. “Do we close in, box out, and hold tight to our truths with righteous certainty? Or do we take a leap, open our hearts, listen to the people who are struggling to carry their existence, and help?”