"When I look in the mirror and notice a new gray hair, I don't panic. I smile. It reminds me, a trans woman, that I am growing. Growing older, growing wiser, growing into myself. It is a small, ordinary milestone. And it's a feeling that every trans young person deserves the chance to experience. But right now, that future is being put deliberately out of reach."
"Just last month, the federal government introduced multiple efforts to restrict access to best-practice health care for transgender and nonbinary young people nationwide. These proposals are not isolated. They arrive amid a relentless drumbeat of anti-trans legislation that has defined this past year: bills introduced, debated, and passed over the objections of advocates, families, and every major medical association. Life as a trans person can be heavy. But the weight of the past year has been crushing."
"We can clearly and painfully see the consequences of this hateful legislation in the data. A 2024 peer-reviewed study published in Nature Human Behaviour by researchers at The Trevor Project found that anti-transgender state laws directly caused an increase in suicide attempts among transgender youth by up to 72%. That is not rhetoric. That is cause and effect."
Federal and state actions are increasingly restricting access to best-practice health care for transgender and nonbinary young people. In 2025, more than 1,000 anti-trans bills were introduced across state legislatures, targeting school sports participation, medically necessary care, and efforts to revive conversion therapy. These measures coincide with federal proposals that would further limit care. Empirical data show measurable harm: a 2024 peer-reviewed study found anti-transgender state laws directly caused an increase in suicide attempts among transgender youth by up to 72%. Negative mental-health outcomes stem from policy decisions that stigmatize and restrict care.
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