Experts worry anti-trans bills, directives harm LGBTQ youth

By Stephanie Kim
Experts worry anti-trans bills harm LGBTQ youth, spread misinformation
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a news conference in Austin, Texas on June 8, 2021. The parents of a transgender teenager in Texas said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday, March 1, 2021, that the state is investigating them after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ordered officials to look into reports of gender-confirming care for kids as abuse. Eric Gay, File / AP Photo
Experts worry anti-trans bills harm LGBTQ youth, spread misinformation
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a news conference in Austin, Texas on June 8, 2021. The parents of a transgender teenager in Texas said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday, March 1, 2021, that the state is investigating them after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ordered officials to look into reports of gender-confirming care for kids as abuse. Eric Gay, File / AP Photo

Experts worry anti-trans bills, directives harm LGBTQ youth

By Stephanie Kim
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Anti-transgender bills and directives from elected officials in Texas and elsewhere have put trans youth in fear for their health and safety. Reset checks in with two providers of gender-affirming care about how those efforts can also spread misinformation.

GUESTS: Tim Wang, director of policy and advocacy at Howard Brown Health

Dr. Aron Janssen, vice chairman of Lurie Children’s Hospital’s psychiatry and behavioral health department; associate editor of Transgender Health