Luca Borah

ALT Figure. Drive Time to Nearest Clinic Before and After Gender-Affirming Care Restrictions. Map A shows travel time to all clinics operating prior to restrictions. Map B shows travel time removing clinics in states with restrictions as of May 22, 2023.

ALT Quotation from article: "When I tell my patients that “the best is yet to come,” I do so with caution because their stories increasingly have something else in common — the threat of political interference. Twenty-three states have now banned the care that helped bring Lane’s and Max’s bodies into alignment with their true selves. The benefits of gender-affirming care have drawn more transgender youth into the light only to generate public fear and scrutiny. I may despair at this societal bait and switch, but my patients carry on. They adjust their college application strategies to avoid half the country and build protective communities. The truth is that politicization and public scrutiny make this care harder to obtain but don’t make it any less effective. They also don’t change who Lane, Max, or any transgender person is. Dr. Meredithe McNamara is assistant professor of pediatrics at the Yale School of Medicine."