CT supporters terrified among Trump Transgender Ending Organey

Sarah Celotto does not know if she was naive.

Celotto, a resident of Guilford and mother for a 17-year-old transgender son, thought that the rhetoric of Donald Trump on the campaign trail, which He swore to stop “Left -wing gender madness” and “chemical, physical and emotional mutilation of our youth”, it was Terrifying at that time “But she also thought that they could be” empty promises of the campaign, like most politicians, “she said.

But then Trump again became president and quickly published executive order Prohibition of sex care for transgender youth under 19 years of age.

“I certainly didn’t think that in the first week his (White House) would be so focused on the transgender community and LGBTQ,” said Celotto. “I do not want to say that I am shocked, but I am really surprised that he did it and did it as soon as he did. … I feel that he is now a bull in a Chinese store. “

Trump signed last Tuesday executive order It would be, if it is adopted, suspended federal funds from institutions, including medical schools and hospitals that provide sex for children. The directive is also aimed at limiting insurance of these services from insurance programs managed by federally such as Medicaid.

Child care confirming sex may include counseling, hormone therapy and maturation blockers. Current medical protocols do not recommend drugs or hormones for children who have not yet undergone the adolescence, in accordance with Yale School of MedicineBut these children can receive advice.

The operation is rarely used As the treatment of transgender children and varied sexes in the USA, and 2024 Harvard Study Found. AND test Published in 2023, it was found that out of 48,000 operations confirming the sex performed in the US in 2016-2020, 7.7% were carried out in children aged 12 to 18. The vast majority of procedures performed on children are breasts and breasts and chest surgery.

“He wants all these marginalized communities to be absolutely terrified, what he did,” said Celotto. Her son Cameron, who has medically passed and is legally a man on all identification documents, now conducts “serious conversations” about leaving the United States as the uncertainty in the scope of trance rights increases and what Celotto, other parents of transgender youth and their supporters are afraid that it becomes a “shrinking number of safe spaces”.

Within just over a week of office of office, Trump also signed executive orders The participation of transgender people in the military serviceordering recognition Only two sexes and calling to withdrawal of federal funds in the case of “illegal and discriminatory treatment and indoctrination in K-12 schools, including on the basis of gender ideology and discriminatory capital ideology.”

“I’m worried about who is next. Will it be sex care for adults? “Said Celotto. “I repeated to Cameron:” We are safe. We are safe. We are in Connecticut. We are safe. But I’m worried if (Trump) say: “Where are these really safe states? Let me take federal funds that will take place to Connecticut. “

Connecticut Confirmed security of the title IX Last year, under the former president Joe Biden, that schools must treat all students, regardless of their sexual identity, in the academic and extracurricular environment, even as she sued a handful of other states Biden administration for the extension of title IX, which has expanded the protection of the LGBTQ+community.

Suppliers’ fears

CEO of children at Connecticut, Jim Shmerling, said that the political reaction to sex care resembles everything he saw in his 45-year-old career managing the hospital for children.

“There is a huge disinformation and lack of understanding and emotions around this problem,” said Shmerling.

Treatment options at Connecticut Children’s, guidelines transferred by the main medical associations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrine Society and Society of Pediatric Psychology. The hospital does not provide drugs or hormonal treatment for children who are premature and do not perform any surgery. Shmerling added that families are always involved and care only provides parental consent.

Since the ordinance of Trump, hospitals throughout the country that provide care for pediatric gender, struggle with the “existential crisis” or continue to provide these services, even if it means the risk of federal financing.

At least three hospitals have made changes in their principles regarding childcare, since the published ordinance, according to Reports with Associated Press. Denver Health in Colorado and VCU Health and Children’s Hospital of Richmond confirmed that they had detained or suspended sex confirming operations for people under 19 years of age.

Denver Health and VCu Health spokesmen refused to provide detailed details regarding the frequency of sex confirming children in their facilities or how suppliers determined when the surgery was the appropriate course of treatment.

Threats to federal funds have a serious importance of hospitals across the country. Shmerling said Medicaid accounts for about 57% of revenues from patients with Connecticut for children. The hospital also receives $ 3 million to $ 4 million for educational funds because it serves as a training place in the Uconn School of Medicine pediatric department.

Shmerling said that at present, the remains of Connecticut children “undertake” to provide sex care. But he is worried about influence on people if the executive ordinance passes.

“I think we will see a significant increase in suicide thoughts and potential attempts of suicide,” he said. “Each action has a reaction. There will be a reaction that will be unpleasant if it all comes into force. “

Melissa Combs, founder of the OUT responsibility project and mother of transgender youth. Loan: Shahrzad rasekh / ct mirror

Family answers

Melissa Combs, which runs Liability project And she was a supporter of transgender rights, she began to cry when she talked about the transitional journey of her son, who took the months of mental health services and waiting letters before they could be treated because of sexual dysphoria.

Before his passage, she described her son as “mean, wicked wise” and “so much fun.” She felt that she had lost these pages for several years when she fought with mental health.

Access to healthcare for transgender people “is one of the reasons why I regained my child,” she said. “This is one of the reasons why my child lives today.”

About 39% of young people in the LGBTQ community seriously considered suicide last year, and the indicator is even higher (46%) for transgender youth, According to TrevorNon -profit, which ensures prevention of suicides and crisis intervention for strange youth. The Trevor project also announced that more than one in 10 young people LGBTQ has tried suicide in the last 12 months.

For Maria Kokiasmenos from Glastonbury, the biggest problem she had at the beginning of her son’s journey were these stunning statistics. Her son changed socially, which included a change of name and changes in his physical appearance and considers the medical transition in the future.

“We completely supported him, and at the same time I think that even in a kind of more friendly administration we were still scared because we know about the indicators of suicide and the way people are treated,” said Kokiasmenos.

The journey is not only difficult for the patient undergoing change, but also his family.

“It’s a long process,” said Combs. “If people creating these rules or people who opposed them actually spent time in the sex clinic or with transgender people, they would realize that they do not describe it.”

Part of moving after a ongoing journey and its challenges is also struggling with what subsequent steps are to ensure the safety of all their families both physically and mentally.

“It seems that safe spaces are shrinking and this is a problem,” said Kokiasmenos. “Nobody wants to eradicate their lives. … and as (says Safe Haven) a shard, it’s like: “Well, what’s left?” It seems that the rug is still pulled out from under people. “