RALEIGH, N.C. — When the North Carolina Senate voted Tuesday to pass a bill restricting health care for transgender minors, lawmakers were met with three words from the gallery.
“Protect trans kids!” protestors chanted in the Senate gallery immediately after the bill passed.
Following emotional testimony and a rally against the bill, the North Carolina Senate voted 29-16 to pass House Bill 808, which restricts certain types of gender-affirming care for transgender minors.