-- Before he began receiving hormone therapy eight months ago, Dylan Brandt felt insecure and out of place. His home state, Arkansas, passed a law prohibiting gender confirming treatments for minors, the first state to do so. Unless opponents are successful in blocking it with a lawsuit, Arkansas' ban will take effect late this summer. It's already created confusion, sadness and pain for hundreds of transgender youth, as well as their families and health care providers. The uncertainty transgender youth face right now is compounded by Arkansas' other restrictions on trans youth enacted this year, and the bills that are still advancing in the Legislature.

Source: ABC News April 17, 2021 15:22 UTC