Link: https://www.them.us/elliot-page-glm-trans-kids

The actor points out that these New York City hospital systems have served trans youth for decades. In fact, as more states have passed legislation banning gender-affirming care services for minors, many trans kids and their families have had to make the difficult decision to relocate their lives to states like New York, which boasts of having some of the most robust anti-discrimination protections for trans people in the country.

“Despite state-wide protections and expressed support for this care from officials like New York Attorney General Tish James and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, these institutions caved to threats from Trump’s Department of Justice,” Page continues. “Mount Sinai even agreed to establish a detransition fund — the often coercive ending of gender transition, which uses the same logic as conversion therapy.”