Trans families face grim future in SC as lawmakers make final push to end care for minors
Our state Senate will likely vote on a gender affirming care ban this morning, intending to get the bill on the governers desk with only days left in the legislative session. Depending on how today goes, the ban could be signed into law as early as tomorrow.
The bill isn’t just a gender affirming care ban for minors:
- It prevents Medicaid coverage for gender affirming care for anyone under 26
- It forcibly medically detransitions all minors
- It creates a legal definition of male and female
- Has explicit exceptions to allow for nonconsensual procedures on intersex youth
- And requires public school staff to out trans children
So it’s bad here and I’m nervous for the future of our trans community.