2022 has seen a record number of bills and Executive branch action specifically targeting trans and nonbinary youth’s access to necessary health care, including attacks on the systems and adults who support those youth. Texas’s Governor Abbott has declared affirming health care to be “child abuse” and ordered investigations of loving parents assisting their children to access medically necessary care; the Florida Department of Health is issuing false information about gender-affirming care; the Alabama legislature has declared it a felony for medical providers to provide such necessary health care to trans youth; and other attacks continue. While litigation challenging those bans is necessary and has so far been successful, it is clear that even more public education and engagement is necessary to turn the tide for the long term. Hear from LGBTQ+ movement litigators, firm pro bono partners, and nonbinary young adult activists with lived experience in foster care about efforts to fight in the courts, address ongoing systemic issues, and change hearts and minds.

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