“They're targeting whoever they can. I'm afraid the police will show up at my door because I took my child to see their doctor.”

Jesse Thorn, father of two patients at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, which officially closed its pediatric gender clinic this week. The shutdown of the Center for Transyouth Health and Development — once one of the nation’s largest and most prominent providers of gender-affirming care for youth on public insurance — signals a wider unraveling of access to trans-specific healthcare nationwide. (Los Angeles Times)