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My name is Vee, and I am a 13-year-old transgender girl. Since I was little, I’ve known who I am. But knowing and being allowed to live as myself are two very different things.
For many transgender youth like me, gender-affirming healthcare isn’t just about looking a certain way—it’s about survival. It’s about waking up in the morning and not feeling like a stranger in your own body. It’s about reducing the anxiety, dysphoria, and depression that come from being forced into a body that doesn’t match who you are.
I know what it feels like to look in the mirror and feel like you don’t belong in your own skin. I know what it’s like to feel so trapped, so unheard, that you just want to make the pain stop. There were times when that pain became so overwhelming that I turned it inward. Self-harm became a way to cope, to try and release something I didn’t have words for. I didn’t want to feel this way, but when you are constantly told that you shouldn’t exist as you are, that your identity is up for debate, the pain builds up.
I’m not alone in this. So many trans kids feel like this because we are denied the care that could help us feel whole. gender-affirming medication drastically reduces self-harm and suicide rates among trans youth. It’s not just about comfort—it’s about saving lives.
Right now, trans kids across the country are being denied the care they need. Laws and policies are being put in place to strip us of our rights, making it harder—sometimes impossible—to access the medication that can help us live happy and healthy lives. Some of us are forced to go through puberty in a body that feels wrong, leading to emotional distress that no child should have to endure.
Davina supported: Please help change the statistics for transgender youth suicide by helping them receive essential medical care without oppression from disapproving parents/guardians!Allowing all students the opportunity to engage in sports is healthy physically, mentally, and socially. One's gender identity should not prevent one from participating in a healthy school activity.
sydney supported: Demand That RIIL Keeps Sports Available For All Youth!I (now 30 and still trans) was a trans kid in high school and if I had been banned from running, I probably would have lost the love I still have for running. Running is one of the best things in my life and to take that away from children because of who they are is incredibly terrible to their wellbeing. Children are not earning money playing sports. They are building skills on teamwork and discipline, which require the ability to work with others not like themselves who have advantages and disadvantages and differences. Deciding that some children aren’t allowed to play only shows how unaccepting adults are to diversity. You would be taking away a child’s ability to play and learn, taking away their right to happiness. Trying to make things “fair” is incredibly stupid when things are already unfair and limiting for girls in sports. I ran with both genders during high school and it made me a better runner because I was challenged to break the limits placed on me as a “girl”. Already girls in sports are being ostracized for not being “girly” or “delicate” enough because they play sports and build strength. All these superficial ideas of what girls and boys should be is what limits and harms them. Teams should build strength of character more than just strength. Because we all grow old and most of us don’t play competitively after high school, very few get to become professionals. Thinking that you must ban children from playing to preserve a sport is wildly inaccurate.
Alexi supported: Demand That RIIL Keeps Sports Available For All Youth!I have many trans loved ones, and a deep passion for safeguarding and caring for the next generation. Trans students competing in sports is not dangerous; exposing children to hate, bigotry and potentially predatory anti-trans practices IS.
Toni supported: Demand That RIIL Keeps Sports Available For All Youth!Everyone belongs in sports, everyone should be able to play on a team that aligns with their gender identity. To deny that right is cruel and unjust
Meagan supported: Demand That RIIL Keeps Sports Available For All Youth!You’re not alone — a community of supporters is ready to back you.
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