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Sam Levin in Los Angeles

Trans adults stripped of healthcare access sue South Carolina over GOP bill: ‘I’m desperate’

Students on campus hold up trans flags and signs that say
The Trans Student Alliance at the University of South Carolina protests an anti-trans bathroom bill on 13 April 2016. Photograph: Tim Dominick/AP

Transgender residents of South Carolina have sued the state over its ban on their healthcare, challenging one of the most restrictive anti-trans laws in the nation, which has stripped youth and adults of access to critical medical treatments.

The complaint filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Thursday challenges a bill enacted by Republicans in May, which prohibited gender-affirming treatments for trans youth under 18 and banned public funds from being used for all trans healthcare.

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