In Mississippi, a ban on gender-affirming care became law in the state on Feb. “At the same time, you can’t pick a medicine that we can’t afford to pay for or that, you know, might harm you,” Jennilyn responded. Now, Jennilyn said her worries have shifted to Flower’s spelling skills or how she’ll navigate crushes, seeing her early anxieties as irrational.įlower said she and her parents make medical decisions together because, “of course, they can’t decide on a medicine for me to take.” “Before I knew you and before I walked this journey with you,” Jennilyn told her, “I would not have thought that a kid would know they were trans or that a kid would just come out wired that way.” Ultimately, she listened to her daughter and learned that it was never in doubt.Ĭonversations between Flower and her mother are often marked by uncommon candor. Jennilyn recalled asking early on whether her daughter’s gender expression was permanent. The decision to start puberty blockers two years ago wasn’t one the family took lightly. On June 13, Flower and Jennilyn left Indianapolis with a care plan from Indiana University’s Riley Children’s Hospital, the state’s only gender clinic.
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The perceptions of most parents, Marx said, do not align neatly with the extremes of full support or rejection of their kids’ identities. “It’s rather new to people, this idea that gender is not just a binary and that your kid is not just who they thought at birth.” “I think most parents want to do best by their kids,” Inskeep said. Some families in Indiana have turned to the support group GEKCO, founded by Krisztina Inskeep, whose adult son is transgender. “They need to feel included and part of a family.” Marx studies support systems for LGBTQ+ and trans people aged 13 to 25. “What transgender expansive young people need is what all young people need: They need love and support, and they need unconditional respect,” said Robert Marx, an assistant professor of child and adolescent development at San José State University. That leaves parents looking for out-of-state medical care that can help their children to thrive. Some trans children and teens say the bans send the message that they cannot be themselves. Preserving a sense of normalcy, she decided - well, that’s just what families do.įamilies in Indiana, Mississippi and other states are navigating new laws that imply or sometimes directly accuse parents of child abuse for supporting their kids in getting health care.
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