From New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro. This is a day.

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In recent years, there's been a sharp increase in the number of younger Americans who identify as transgender

and who are seeking therapeutic and medical intervention to support their transition.

We gather here to raise up the voices of the transgender children who are in need of our protection.

This has coincided with the escalating set of laws being introduced in Republican state houses across the country,

aimed at trans youth and seeking to block this sort of care from being provided.

In a safe Arkansas, the state just became the first to ban gender affirming medical care for transgender kids.

A similar measure before North Carolina's general assembly.

Alabama became the third state in the country to pass laws at restricting gender affirming care for minors.

And what makes what's happening in Florida look like child's play is what they're doing in Texas.

Earlier this year, Governor Greg Abbott of Texas took it a step further.

It is now investigating parents who are trying to provide gender affirming care for their trans kids.

Declarating that parents who sought this care for their children should be reported for child abuse.

Today, in the first of two episodes, my colleague, Azeem Grashee, has the story of one family in Texas who was seeking such care when the political storm hit.

It's Wednesday, April 20th.

Azeem, tell us about the reporting that you have been doing and how that led you to this story.

Sure. So I'm a reporter on the science desk and I cover sex and gender.

And for the past few months, I've been really focused on stories around medical care for trans kids, especially teens.

And as we've seen this big increase in the number of teens seeking care, clinicians and researchers are in the middle of some really complex conversations about how best to treat them.

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