They meant, when would I actually accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior? And that was a culture shock. So people used to ask me, when was I born? And I thought they meant my age. She talks a lot about the culture shocks. I moved to Texas because my ex wanted to come home to Texas and was from here. Why the heck am I here? I followed my ex.
They live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but Holly’s originally from New York, which she points out often. She’s a lawyer, he’s a senior in high school.
So Holly and Grayson are a mom and a son. How about, I’m Holly, I’m older than the hills. My name is Grayson, and I’m currently 17. Just to start, can you say your name and your age? grayson And so, following Governor Abbott’s order, I started reaching out to providers and families on the ground in Texas. And doctors, families and teens are really caught in the middle of that, and having to make medical decisions in the midst of a whole lot of turmoil and really, hostility. Where the political situation is the most heated, it’s the most polarized. michael barbaroĪnd nowhere is all of this colliding more than in Texas. This is arguably one of the most fraught issues in our culture right now. Because, of course, this is coinciding with the politics around trans care reaching a real fever pitch. When should teens receive this care? What kind of criteria should they have to meet to start a transition? What do we know about how these kids might feel in the future?Īnd it’s honestly not a very easy moment to cover these conversations. And as we’ve seen this big increase in the number of teens seeking care, clinicians and researchers are in the middle of some really complex conversations about how best to treat them. And for the past few months, I’ve been really focused on stories around medical care for trans kids, especially teens. So I’m a reporter on the Science Desk, and I cover sex and gender. Today: In the first of two episodes, my colleague, Azeen Ghorayshi, has the story of one family in Texas who was seeking such care when the political storm hit.Īzeen, tell us about the reporting that you have been doing and how that led you to this story. michael barbaroĭeclaring that parents who sought this care for their children should be reported for child abuse. Is now investigating parents who are trying to provide gender-affirming care for their trans kids.
michael barbaroĮarlier this year, Governor Greg Abbott of Texas took it a step further. archived recording 4Īnd what makes what’s happening in Florida look like child’s play is what they’re doing in Texas. ^archived recording 3Īlabama became the third state in the country to pass laws restricting gender-affirming care for minors. archived recording 2Ī similar measure before North Carolina’s General Assembly. In the state of Arkansas, the state just became the first to ban gender-affirming medical care for transgender kids. This has coincided with the escalating set of laws being introduced in Republican statehouses across the country aimed at trans youth and seeking to block this sort of care from being provided. We gather here to raise up the voices of the transgender children who are in need of our protection. In recent years, there’s been a sharp increase in the number of younger Americans who identify as transgender and who are seeking therapeutic and medical intervention to support their transition. Get used to it! archived recording (speaker) Get used to it! archived recording (crowd) Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 michael barbaroįrom The New York Times, I’m Michael Barbaro. Transcript When Texas Went After Transgender Care, Part 1 The story of one family seeking gender-affirming care in the midst of a political storm.
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