Her changing body, and politics, sent a transgender preteen on a quest
Briefly

"I'll relax when it's over - when I have it," Maria said from her seat at the gate, pumping her legs with nervous energy and clinging to her mother's arm.
In countries across the West, the geography of access to puberty blockers and hormones for transgender youth has been in flux, as doctors and politicians engage in debates about science and ideology.
The American Academy of Pediatrics maintains that puberty blockers are safe, 'generally reversible' and effective, tending to reduce depression and anxiety until an informed decision can be made.
Read at Washington Post
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