Arkansas’ transgender law makes it America’s worst state for trans kids

It was when the governor of Arkansas vetoed his state’s bill to criminalize trans health care on Monday that it really hit me: The only thing protecting trans children right now is our anger. That anger is likely to run out. There are more than a dozen proposed bills in state legislatures intended to effect the same changes, and the next bill may not generate the same uproar. On Tuesday, Arkansas became the first state to ban gender-affirming health care for minors. Yet there are more than a dozen proposed bills in state legislatures intended to effect the same changes, and the next bill may not […]