Petocz received an outpouring of support after his suspension. A Change.org petition opposing Petocz’s suspension was signed by 7,559 people
Major medical groups, like the American Medical Association, generally oppose legislation that bans or criminalizes gender-affirming care
While not all transgender people want or need surgery, it can often be inaccessible or unaffordable to those that do
In Alabama and Idaho, local news outlets largely fail to check misinformation behind bills to ban health care for trans youth
“Gov. Stitt’s executive order deprives transgender people born in Oklahoma of equal treatment under the law"
"Politicians are proposing that parents providing gender-affirming care for THEIR OWN children are felons-These laws are discriminatory"
"Judge Meachum’s ruling that the policy is likely unconstitutional & may not be enforced brings welcome relief to the parents & children"
As One is a collaborative work from composer Laura Kaminsky and co-librettists Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed
Paxton called the guidance a “misinterpretation” of the law & says that such procedures can, in fact, constitute ‘child abuse’”
The Republican sponsored legislation would make it a felony to provide minors with hormones, puberty blockers or gender-affirming surgery
