'To him, trans people are just people and trans children are just children,” said one mother.
When Heather Crawford walked into a Minnesota public school to enroll her teenager in August 2022, she was ready for a fight. More than anything, she wanted her then-15-year-old, Cass, who is nonbinary and trans, to be safe at school, to have their name and pronouns respected, and to be able to use the restroom without fear.
The final straw for Crawford came in February 2022, when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directed Texas’ child protective services to perform “child abuse” investigations against parents who helped their children get gender-affirming care.Until then, Cass and their parents had been working with a pediatric gender care doctor in Austin who prescribed medication to suppress Cass’ menstrual cycle. Cass, who uses both they and he pronouns, dreamed about getting top surgery.
But after Cass attempted suicide that year, she saw how wrong she was and worked to help Cass socially transition, legally change their name and receive bathroom accommodations at school. Dave Edwards, the founder of Gender Inclusive Schools, a Minneapolis-based organization that provides LGBTQ+ training and consulting to schools, said local organizations had tracked around 200 or so people who were traveling from out of state to access gender-affirming care for themselves or their kids.There has been a “big shift” in terms of LGBTQ+ policies in the state under Walz, who was first elected governor in 2018 and reelected in 2022, Edwards said.
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