KCUR: Survey Seyz Kansas Trans Teens Confront Mental Health Challenges & GOP

Right now public radio is putting this "science" on blast.

It's timely given election season debate . . . But it's not really "news" and, again, reads more like activism.

Check the deets and you decide . . .

"Transgender students are more likely to experience bullying and to skip school because they feel unsafe, according to the first attempt to gather national data on trans teens.

"The 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey marks the first time the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has asked students whether they identify as transgender. The survey is administered every other year to about 20,000 ninth- through 12th-graders.

"About 3% of U.S. high school students identify as transgender, according to the report, and another 2% question their gender identity . . . 

In Kansas earlier this year, Republican lawmakers passed a bill that would have blocked anyone younger than 18 from receiving hormone therapy and other gender-affirming treatments. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed the legislation, and although the Kansas Senate voted to override her veto, the House fell two votes short of the two-thirds majority required."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

KCUR: As Kansas lawmakers try to ban trans care, data shows trans teens have greater mental health risks

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