
Democratic lawmakers across 19 states push want to offer trans youth legal refuge
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Democratic lawmakers across 19 states are pushing for laws that will provide legal refuge for displaced transgender youth and their families.
"Today we’re announcing we’re up to 19 states (!) that are introducing legislation granting refuge to trans kids & their families threatened with criminalization/separation," Wiener tweeted. "We’re building a (rainbow) wall against fascist homophobic/transphobic attacks on our community by states like TX."
The move comes after a slew of transgender-related bills in red states. In Texas, for example, Republican Gov. Gregg Abbott has called gender-affirming treatments "child abuse" and ordered Texas Child Protective to investigate any reported cases, though a judge has temporarily blocked such investigations.