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Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. Hey, good morning. I'm Paige Browning. It's Monday. This is Seattle now. The future of

gender affirming care in Washington is becoming more uncertain. Earlier this year, Seattle

Children's Hospital paused, then resumed, gender affirming surgeries. Now it seems they've paused

those surgeries again. The strangers, Vivian McCall is here to tell us what's at stake when

the hospital does offer this care and the real life impacts for trans youth.

But first, let's get you caught up.

If you've been in a new apartment in Seattle recently and notice it seems small,

your eyes are not deceiving you. According to an analysis by the

Seattle Times, new apartments in Seattle have an average size of 649 square feet. That is the smallest

average in the country. Over the past decade, new construction here is focused on studios and one bedrooms and

also micro apartments, which can be as small as 150 square feet. The city that's in second for small

apartments is Portland, Oregon. When it's tight indoors, spending summer outside is a good fix,

and there's yet another new outdoor venue offering

concerts this year. Tacoma's Point Defiance Park will launch an outdoor concert series in July

at Dune Peninsula with Mount Rainier as the backdrop.

Americana star Sierra Farrell will kick the series off July 20th. Other shows this summer include the dropkick Murphy's, Bad Religion, and Camp.

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