ABOUT LGBTQ MATTERS GENDER
IDENTITY THOSE TOPICS?
>> THAT IS RIGHT, EXACTLY.
>> BRIAN MUSTANSKI WHAT FEAR
DOES THIS PUT ON KIDS AND
TEACHERS?
I IMAGINE IT WOULD HAVE A
CHILLING EFFECT BEING ABLE TO
DISCUSS THIS WITH KIDS?
>> THERE IS A NUMBER OF RESEARCH
STUDIES THAT EXAMINED THIS FROM
DIFFERENT ANGLES AND THE SOCIAL
POLICIES DO HAVE AN EFFECT ON
THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY.
THERE HAVE BEEN STUDIES THAT
LOOKED AT SCHOOLS WITH
ANTI-BULLYING POLICIES.
LOOKED AT THE LAWS THAT
PROHIBITED GAY MARRIAGE AND
SEEING THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS
THOSE POLICIES HAVE ON THE
MENTAL HEALTH OF THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY.
THESE LAWS BECAUSE THEY PRETEND
LIKE THEY DON'T EXIST WILL HAVE
NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON THE MENTAL
HEALTH YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS
IN THOSE STATES.
I THINK IT'S WORTH POINTING OUT
THAT LGBTQ PEOPLE DON'T EMERGE
AT THE AGE OF 18 FULLY FORMED
LIKE A GREEK GODDESS FROM THE
SEA.
THEY EXIST BEFORE THE AGE OF 18.
AND THE LAWS ARE NOT GOING TO DO
ANYTHING TO CHANGE THAT.
THE LGBTQ ARE GOING TO EXIST.
THE QUESTION IS ARE WE GOING TO
SILENCE THEM, STIGMATIZE THEM
AND MAKE THEM FEEL BAD ABOUT
THEMSELVES THAT WILL AFFECT THE
HEALTH OF OUR CITIZENS.
>> IOWA IS THE 11TH STATE TO
PREVENT TRANSGENDER GIRLS AND
WOMEN FROM PARTICIPATING IN
SPORTS.
BILLS UNDERWAY IN INDIANA AND
MISSOURI.
CAMILLA TAYLOR THEY SAY THIS IS
ABOUT LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD
WHAT ABOUT THE ARGUMENT INSURES
FAIR COMPETITION?
>> WELL, THIS IS ANOTHER
UNCONSTITUTIONAL ATTACK ON
TRANSGENDER YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND IN THE STATES WHERE THE
ATHLETE BANS HAVE PASSED WEST WT
VERGE VERGE WE HAVE MANAGED TO
GET IF ENJOINED IN COURT THAT
PREVENTS THE LAW FROM GOING INTO
EFFECT.
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO
TARGET TRANSGENDER YOUNG PEOPLE
WHO SIMPLY WISH TO PARTICIPATE
IN SPORTS.
AND RECEIVE ALL OF THE BENEFITS
OF BEING PART OF A TEAM THAT
OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO
ENJOY.
AND IT IS SIMPLY AN EXAMPLE OF
CREATING A FALSE NARRATIVE THAT
IS DESIGNED TO ATTACK KIDS AND
TO PREVENT THEM FROM BEING FULLY
INCLUDED IN SCHOOL.
>> SO MOVING TO TEXAS UNDER THE
GOVERNOR'S ORDER THERE, CHILD
ABUSE INVESTIGATIONS ARE ALLOWED
INTO PARENTS WHO ALLOW PUBERTY
BLOCKING HORMONES FOR
TRANSCHILDREN.
BUT A JUDGE GRANTED A REQUEST
FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING
ORDER ON AN INVESTIGATION OF A
TRANSCHILD AND HER PARENTS.
BRIAN MUSTANSKI COMING TO YOU
FIRST ON THIS ONE, TELL US ABOUT
THE HORMONE BLOCKERS.
ARE THEY SAFE?
HOW ARE THEY USED?
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE
THAT THE DECISION OF WHETHER
YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES
PURSUE GENDER AFFIRMING
TREATMENTS IS A PERSONAL
DECISION BETWEEN YOUNG PEOPLE
AND THEIR PARENTS IN
COLLABORATION WITH A
MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM OF
MEDICAL PROVIDERS.
THESE ARE NOT DECISIONS THAT ARE
ENTERED LIGHTLY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS DONE
WITH A LOT OF CONSIDERATION AND
EVALUATION.
PUBERTY SUPPRESSING HORMONES ARE
ONE EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF
MEDICAL CARE PEOPLE CAN GET AS
PART OF THE GENDER AFFIRMING
PROCESS.
THESE TYPES OF HORMONES HAVE
BEEN USED TO DELAY PUBERTY SINCE
THE 1980s.
THEY ARE WELL STUDIED AND
REVERSIBLE AND OFTEN USED AS A
WAY TO GIVE PEOPLE MORE TIME TO
CONSIDER THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THEIR GENDER IDENTITY TO AVOID
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY SEX
CHARACTERISTICS LIKE THE ADAM'S
APPLE THAT ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO
CHANGE LATER IN LIFE.
MINNIE MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS --
MANY MEDICAL ORIGINAL SAGSES THE
AMERICAN PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION,
SOCIETIES FOR RESEARCH AND CHILD
DEVELOPMENT I COULD GO ON AND ON
DO NOT SUPPORT THE POLICIES
BEING PROPOSED IN TEXAS THEY
REALLY RECOMMENDING THAT THIS BE
A DECISION BETWEEN MEDICAL
PROVIDERS AND THE FAMILY AND THE
YOUNG PERSON VERSUS SOMETHING
THAT WOULD BE DONE BY THE
LEGISLATURE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.
>> THERE ARE MORE THAN 266
ANTI-LGBTQ PLUS BILLS UNDER
CONSIDERATION IN STATE LEG SLAY
SINCERELY YOURS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY LEGISLATURES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
WILL THE LAWS STAND UP AND MAKE
IT PAST A COURT?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
THEY ARE ALREADY BEING TOPPLED
BUT THEY ARE HAVING DAMAGING
EFFECTS.
WE REPRESENT THE FAMILY IN TEXAS
TARGETED FOR A CHILD ABUSE
ACCUSATION BECAUSE OF THE
GOVERNOR'S LETTER.
REDEFINED CHILD ABUSE TO INCLUDE
THE TYPES OF CARE THAT THE
DOCTOR WAS DESCRIBING THAT ARE
ABSOLUTELY THE STANDARD OF CARE.
AND ETHICALLY REQUIRED BY ALL
THE MAJOR MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS.
AND PIE TARGETING TRANSCHILDREN
IN THIS WAY, GOVERNOR ABBOTT IS
TARGETING THEIR HEALTHCARE,
TARGETING THEIR PARENTS, CAUSING
THEM TO FEAR THE SPECTER OF
BEING SEPARATED AS A FAMILY AND
CAUSING ALL SORTS OF CONFUSION
AMONG ALL SORTS OF MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS AND TEACHERS WHO
QUALIFY AS MANDATORY REPORTERS
AND WHETHER THEY WILL FACE A
PENALTY IF THEY DON'T TURN IN
FAMILIES FOR DOING WHAT IS
MEDICALLY ADVISED.
>> AND SOUNDS LIKE A NUMBER OF
BILLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY A LOT
OF WORK FOR YOU TO DO AND
SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON FOR
SURE.