Speaking Up for Trans Youth in Texas [Video]

Trans kids should be focused on being kids – not fighting their state legislators for basic human rights.

We’re working alongside families in Texas and beyond to #ProtectTransKids.

Transcript provided by YouTube (unedited)

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it is always an honor when i get a stand
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alongside young transgender texans and
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their families
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unfortunately in texas
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i usually get to do that because
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lawmakers and now the governor and
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attorney general
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have doubled down on attacks against
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them
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these attacks are part of a campaign
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that threatens criminal penalties
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against parents seeking gender affirming
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care for their trans kids
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these kids who are under attack from
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their own government
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are the most powerful advocates
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that’s not surprising they’ve had a lot
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of opportunities
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some of them have been coming to the
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capitol session after session year after
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year since 2017.
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many they have been defending their
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existence to lawmakers
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those elected to represent them for more
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than half of their lives
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in the last legislative session a bill
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that would have done what the governor
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has done
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which defines age appropriate medically
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necessary gender affirming care as child
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abuse
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fortunately did not pass
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evidently governor abbott was not
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content to push his hateful agenda just
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every two years through the legislature
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instead he felt compelled to find
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another way to target and harass
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transgender children
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in a way that completely circumvents the
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legislative
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process he announced it last week
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and this week
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loving families of trans children are
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under investigation
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while this approach is new
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unique to texas
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the effort to limit rights of
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transgender people is not
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across the country this year alone
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more than 125 anti-trans bills have been
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introduced
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it’s all part of a coordinated effort by
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anti-lgbtq extremists
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for every bill that is introduced the
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transgender community suffers
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every headline
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every hearing
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every minute spent worrying about these
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efforts
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increases depression
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isolation
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stress and fear for transgender children
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teens adults and the people who love
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them
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more than seven thousand people parents
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today have signed a statement of
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solidarity with texas parents
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parents who can’t be here today to speak
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for themselves because the actions
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have made them afraid
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parents across the country are sending a
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message
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we’re fed up with a misinformation and
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we’re fed up with you telling us how we
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can protect and care for our kids

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