This blog originally appeared at NPR.
Exploring a patchwork of transgender healthcare laws that push families across state lines, creating challenges in accessing medical treatment, support, and resources.
LGBTQ activists rally at the State Capitol Building in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Earlier this year state legislators put into place legal protections for trans people traveling to the state to receive healthcare.
When Utah passed a ban on gender-affirming care for people younger than 18, Kat and their family had to make a tough choice. Should they uproot their lives and leave the state?
Kat is 14 and transgender. The Utah law banned the medical care that Kat was considering.
Around 20 states have passed similar laws — meaning many families could face the same tough decision: whether to leave their homes and where to go. Often it’s to a state like Minnesota, where elected officials have protected trans health care for patients and providers.
We speak with reporters Saige Miller from KUER in Salt Lake City and Dana Ferguson, a political reporter with Minnesota Public Radio to hear how this patchwork of laws in both states affects trans patients and their doctors.
click here to see full blog: https://www.npr.org/2023/07/26/1190271298/a-patchwork-of-transgender-healthcare-laws-push-families-across-state-lines
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