Trans Texans sick of being called “child abusers” take their fight to the governor’s mansion

March for Trans Youth in Austin on March 1, 2022
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About 55 transgender youth, supportive parents and other community allies protested outside the Texas governor’s mansion in Austin last Sunday in a demonstration against Governor Greg Abbott’s policies targeting trans kids. They outnumbered anti-trans protesters about 50 to 1.

The “Trans Kids Cry for HELP!” Rally — organized by Trans Resistance of Texas and PFLAG Austin — held a protest that was “purposefully joyful, a raucous showing of love and acceptance meant to oppose the terror and uncertainty Abbott’s recent directive has thrust upon families with trans children,” reported The Dallas Morning News.

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The protesters took aim at Abbott’s order requiring the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to start “child abuse” investigations against any families accessing gender-affirming care for their trans kids.

“[Abbott’s order] threatens to take trans kids away from loving and supportive parents in order to force them to detransition in the foster care system. Additionally, this will impact the trans kids already in the state’s care by removing any potential support they had within the system and further traumatizing them,” the protest’s organizers wrote on Facebook.

“[His order] would also require mandatory…

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