The trial over Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming care for trans children recently began. As vulnerable children await to hear if their bodily autonomy will be stripped away, we should remember that cisgender children seek gender-affirming care with relatively little social stigma attached. The care that I received is just one small example of the gender-affirming care that cisgender folks receive regularly. The care that I received is just one small example of the gender-affirming care that cisgender folks receive regularly. And a recent viral interview between Jon Stewart and Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge about her state’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth points to a large part of the problem.

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