Even in safe-haven Massachusetts, trans care is at risk. Young people are fighting to protect it

‘Massachusetts politicians at the local, state, and federal level are very naive in thinking and hoping that there’s not this massive loss of care, but that’s not the reality of patients and families.’ Photograph: Alexa B Wilkinson/Courtesy of Gender Liberation Movement

A group of trans activists from across Massachusetts brought their needles, hormone gels, pills and sharps containers to Boston on Wednesday to send a message to state attorney general Andrea Campbell.

Organizers with the youth-led group Protect Trans Futures (PTF) took their hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in the lobby of her office building, then occupied the space, refusing to leave without a commitment to protect civil rights for trans kids.