"These bans not only run counter to professional medical providers’ recommendations, they also constitute persecution under both U.S. and international law because they create sustained, recurring and life-threatening deprivations for trans youth. Were a foreign government to enact such bans, they would give rise to legitimate asylum and refugee claims for targeted trans youth claiming persecution"
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https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2023/04/22/heres-how-anti-transgender-bills-are-actually-kind-legal-persecution-column/

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