While advocates advised families of queer youth to stop showing up at the Capitol for fear of being sought out and investigated, others continue to have their voices heard in hearings.
Legal experts say the executive order is unconstitutional, but Pinal County’s top prosecutor is all in.
Prisma Community Care and eight other clinics say the executive orders forcing them to ignore trans identities and dismantle diversity programs are unconstitutional.
While advocates advised families of queer youth to stop showing up at the Capitol for fear of being sought out and investigated, others continue to have their voices heard in hearings.
Erica Keppler is going through her possessions and figuring out what she can sell. Moving out of the country is expensive, and she can’t bring everything she’s amassed in the 26 years she’s lived in her Phoenix home.
Keppler is also trying to find time to learn Spanish, in case that's the language spoken in the country she needs to flee to.
But until that moment comes, Keppler’s continuing her advocacy against anti-transgender bills at Arizona’s Legislature, watchdogging the legislative action on behalf of her community, a practice she has mastered throughout her retirement.
But as a transgender woman keenly aware of the transphobia dominating the country’s executive branch and seeping into the state Legislature, Keppler knows she might not be safe in the United States for much longer.
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Legal experts say the executive order is unconstitutional, but Pinal County’s top prosecutor is all in.
Prisma Community Care and eight other clinics say the executive orders forcing them to ignore trans identities and dismantle diversity programs are unconstitutional.
Arizona doesn’t have a hate crime statute. And due to gaps in reporting and data, tracking bias-motivated crimes here is a mess.
Last week, Prisma Community Care resumed providing gender-affirming healthcare for their youth patients, while Phoenix Children's remains quiet on their next moves.
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