Moving mountains: The parents of transgender youth and the Trump administration

Photo by Ted Aaron Eytan via Wikimedia Commons

Produced by Camryn Bowden

Since 2021, Republican legislators and politicians across the country have attacked the rights of transgender people, limiting access to bathrooms, sports, healthcare and more. While it may be most difficult for trans people themselves, the parents of transgender children struggle too. In this in-depth, personal feature, journalist Camryn Bowden speaks with parents to discuss the struggles they faced when their children came out, and the even larger threat that comes with the Republican establishment’s recent efforts to restrict the rights of transgender people.

Photo by Camryn Bowden/Long Island Advocate