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Sis girls can take testosterone suppression if they have, you know, acne related to testosterone production.

I mean, there's a million ways that endocrinologist will prescribe it.

And it is simply not harmful. to testosterone production. I mean, there's a million ways that endocrinologist will prescribe it.

And it is simply not harmful. And it is simply being banned for only trans people because the goal,

once again, to come back to it is not to protect anyone. It's to prevent us from being trans.

Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Laverne Cox Show.

I'm Laverne Cox.

When I think about this current cultural moment, when it comes to trans people,

I often think it's the best of times and the worst of times to quote that famous book. There are more trans and non-binary characters on television.

Lena Bloom became the first openly trans model on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swim Suit edition.

I mean, come on.

American Vogue finally had its first cover star Ariel Nicholson.

We had our first trans Olympians this year. But in this same year, an unprecedented number of

anti-trans bills have been introduced in state legislatures targeting trans children.

35 states introduced over 100 pieces ofatures targeting trans children. Thirty-five states introduced over

a hundred pieces of legislation targeting mostly trans girls in sports and the ability

of trans children to access gender-affirming health care. This discriminatory legislation is

being crafted and financed by many conservative organizations

and being relentlessly pushed through vitriolic, vicious misinformation and propaganda

in mostly conservative media, but beyond.

I am seeing no response at a comparable media level to the manufactured outrage and rhetoric

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