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The transgender community in the United States is facing a cultural war, but also a political one, by implementing laws that go against their rights and that put their health and families at risk, forcing them to change their residence in search of a better life.
Nadine Smith, executive director of Equality Florida, a nonprofit organization that advocates for the civil rights and protection of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer residents of the state of Florida, expressed concern about the laws that transgender people face, for a particular case, which is the prohibition of medical care for transgender youth and children by endangering their lives, and where if the care is presented, the doctor is criminalized.
Given this, he called for the union of the society during a press conference organized by Ethnic Media Services, where he stressed that "that is the real problem, we are fighting against the definition of freedom, we are fighting against the definition of democracy and we all have a role here, you do not have to know a transgender person to understand them."
For his part, Gene Wu, representative of the state of Texas, stressed that "legislators always seek to annoy small groups that do not have large representation and that, just as they hurt the transgender community today, tomorrow they will seek to harm another group in society, so that, in this situation, the only viable thing is unity and respect.
"I think it's important that people care about these issues and say, I'm not transgender and maybe I don't have transgender friends, but they have the right to live their lives as they want, consult their own doctors, consult their own families, and they have the right to do what they think is necessary to stay alive and happy. Just like I have the right to do what I see as correct and take care of my own body," he said.
Sailor Jones, associate director of Common Cause North Carolina, exposed that the laws that go against the transgender community are harming families and individuals, at the same time that they become a repression of their personality, not to mention the psychological damage causing.
"We know that the majority of transgender and non-binary youth think that these debates around transgender issues are impacting their mental health in a negative way, we know that almost half of young people have suffered bullying online."
Sailor Jones shows his concern for young people who face harassment and ridicule in their environment that leads young people to the easiest and most regrettable way out, which is suicide.
Finally, Susan Maasch, founder of the Trans Youth Equality Foundation, recalled that families that support the transgender community face various problems.
He added that the fear of the relatives is because of the laws that are so strong that they are applied, and because of the hatred in schools and in society. Today hundreds of people take their cars with the essentials, sell their things and leave their homes in search of a better place.
Added to this, medical concern is the most present among experts. Many boys and girls decide to start their treatment for a gender transformation. However, it is a sensitive issue and requires a special process, so a doctor must be in the family's hand to be successful.
"The politicians have not done their homework and they have not helped, that is outrageous because there are discussions about forcing children to take off the hormones that they have been giving them for a month, without understanding how complex this hormone system is, the dangers, the depression, the despair that the children will feel, in addition to being able to develop suicidal thoughts and everything that parents and politicians will go through deciding that they cannot seek care, while doctors can be prosecuted by the prosecution if they offer their support » added Susan Maasch.
While politicians are making noise for attention with laws that violate the rights of transgender people, American citizens are calling for them to address bigger issues that really affect society and are really necessary. However, while the petitions are heard, the transgender community faces very difficult challenges.
It should be noted that, without the empathy, support and attention of governments and society, young transgender people and their families face very difficult economic situations and discrimination that end up forcing them to leave their homes or in In some cases the most common way out is usually suicide.
The data indicates that 82 percent of those have thought about committing suicide, while 40 percent have attempted it.
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