A bill that would deny gender-affirming care to trans kids has advanced in the Nebraska legislature, despite a three-week filibuster by a senator who vowed to “burn the session to the ground” rather than let the measure pass
found that among trans and nonbinary youth between the ages of 13 and 20, the odds of moderate to severe depression were 60 percent lower with treatments like hormones and puberty blockers. The odds of suicide dropped by 73 percent. All of this makes logical sense — people tend to be happier when they can be themselves — and yet lately, the misguided idea that kids are being rushed into transitioning treatments without adequate screening or oversight has gained traction.
“This is fake. This has nothing to do with real life. This is all of you playing government,” Senator Megan Hunt, also of Omaha, said Thursday. Hunt has a teenage transgender son,, and she pledged to join Cavanaugh in a renewed filibuster effort to block the bill’s advancement. “If this bill passes, all your bills are on the chopping block,” she said, “and the bridge is burned.”
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