, Columnist
Cruelty Is the Point in Attacks on Transgender Teens
The barrage of executive orders and dehumanizing rhetoric are impacting their physical and mental health.
Just let them be kids.
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President Donald Trump spent much of his first month in office attacking the rights of transgender Americans, including stripping away teens’ access to health care.
Although two separate federal judges have temporarily blocked the president’s executive order banning gender-affirming care for minors, parents’ relief is tempered by uncertainty for their children’s futures. Anti-transgender rhetoric was a big part of Trump’s campaign, and he now seems determined to erase the very existence of transgender people.