WASHINGTON — Rachel Gonzales, 39, has thought a lot about what she would do if child welfare agents came to her home in Dallas to investigate whether her 12-year-old daughter is receiving gender-affirming care. She's hired an attorney, given all three of her children the phone number, and told them to call the lawyer if anyone shows up when she and her husband are away from home.
But Gonzales is not making plans to move west from Texas, even after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law recently making California a "sanctuary" for families with transgender children.
"I don't know if I would say we're comfortable, but we are unwilling to move our children, who are thriving in their school and have tons of friends," she said. "And it's absolutely ridiculous to upturn their lives because of political theater."
