‘It’s Very Cruel. I Think That’s the Point.’

In April, Missouri attorney general Andrew Bailey announced an emergency rule that would dramatically limit access to gender-affirming health care for trans people of all ages. The order would make Missouri the first state in the country to restrict treatments such as hormone-replacement therapy and puberty blockers for both minors and adults. While a judge has blocked the order from taking effect until May 15, trans Missourians are worried about — and, in some cases, already experiencing — disruptions to this medically necessary care.

The emergency order would require that, before offering treatment, health-care providers make sure patients have three years of documented “persistent and intense” gender dysphoria, did at least 15 hour-long therapy sessions in the past 18 months (at least ten of those sessions must be with the same therapist), “treated and resolved” existing mental-health diagnoses, were screened for autism, and, in the case of minors, were screened for social-media addiction.

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