Hey there, it's Michael. A quick request before today's show. In the past couple of years,

nearly half the states in the U.S. have passed bans on gender-affirming care for kids.

The Trump administration is now targeting that care, and in the coming weeks, the Supreme Court

is expected to weigh in.

Amidst all of that, some of our colleagues here on the Times audio team have been working on a project about where this care came from, who it was meant to help,

and how it got pulled into a political fight that could end it altogether.

The team making that show is looking to hear from

kids and parents about their direct experience with gender-affirming care. If that's you,

what has your experience been with pediatric gender medicine? How have recent government actions

affected you? And how are you feeling

about the future? If you're willing to share your story, please send us a short voice memo

to gender story at NYTimes.com. That's gender story at NY.Ytimes.com.

Thank you.

And here's today's show.

From the New York Times, I'm Rachel Abrams, and this is The Daily.

For the past few weeks, international outcry has been building over Israel's plans to escalate its military campaign in Gaza and over its two-month-long blockade of the region, which

has put Gaza's population on the brink of starvation.

And then, on Wednesday, a man chanting Free Palestine gunned down two employees of Israel's embassy in Washington, D.C.

Today, Aaron Boxerman, a Times correspondent in Jerusalem, on the desperate situation in Gaza

and Israel's fears that the world has become an increasingly dangerous place for its people.

It's Friday, May 23rd.

Erin, we're talking to you. I'm in New York. You're in Jerusalem. What time is it over there?

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