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Youth at State House urge committee to protect gender-affirming health care
Summary
Students and youth organizers testified at the State House during OutRight Vermont Youth Leadership Day, asking a legislative committee to protect access to gender-affirming care for transgender people, especially youth, and raised concerns about misinformation, insurance coverage and affordability.
Youth witnesses told a legislative committee at the State House that protecting gender-affirming health care for transgender people — particularly young people — should be a priority.
Alex Jan Halberg, a senior in high school and a youth organizer, told the committee that they wanted to focus their allotted time on “gender affirming care, what you all plan to do to protect trans individuals in health care, and what we can do to help you help us.” Halberg said misinformation and hostile…
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