Today the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a law restricting medical care for

transgender youth. That comes after New Hampshire's governor signed a law last

week banning gender transition-related surgeries for minors.

Laura Barone Lopez looks at the wider political battle over transgender rights as the

2024 election nears. New Hampshire is now the 26 state to restrict or ban gender affirming care as

Republicans seek to galvanize their base around the issue nationally.

For more on these legislative moves and what they mean for the

rights of transgender people in the U.S. I'm joined by Lee Finke. She became the first trans

person elected to the Minnesota legislator in 2022 and is the executive director of the

nonprofit Queer Equity Institute. Lee, thank you so much for joining the

News Hour. Thank you for having me. Laws restricting gender affirming care

have now been passed in some form

in more than half the states across the United States.

You started the Trans Refuge Project so people know how safe it is for

trans people in any given state. Can you give us the lay of the land right now?

The lay of the land is very bad. Things are very, very hard for

trans people in the United States right now and the Trans Refuge Project is an

attempt for us to not just understand what's happening,

but for us to understand how we can help people where they are

without necessarily having to move.

Everybody can't relocate their family.

So Queer Equity Institute is trying to build network and

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