The first families left as soon as they could, emptying homes and pulling out of school after Tennessee banned gender-transition care for their children.
Others chose to remain, cutting back on vacations and Christmas spending to make it to doctor appointments out of state.
Even some who have stayed say they have not ruled out the possibility of leaving Tennessee in the future.
This is why the stakes for families feel impossibly high as the Supreme Court hears arguments on Wednesday in a challenge to the Tennessee law.
“It’s like a natural disaster happens in your family, because it changes how you are and where you feel OK.”
Persons:
Trump, you’re, ’ ”, Kristen Chapman, “
Locations:
Tennessee