Almost a decade ago, Judy Caplan Peters’s four-year-old made an announcement that would shake their family’s values to its core. “Mommy,” the little one said, hand on chest as if to recite the pledge of allegiance, “I’m a boy.”
Simple but not easy. “I had to go through a grieving process,” Caplan Peters admits, “because I was losing my daughter, but then you realize that your child is not dead or sick or lost, which, God forbid, some parents have to deal with. Your child is healthy. There is nothing wrong with them. This is how they were born.”, the threat of death is real. No fewer than 40 percent of trans adults have attempted suicide in their lifetimes. Jack Turban, M.D.
Ideally, every trans child who needs them would have access to hormone blockers, but the price of a monthly shot can be prohibitive. When Murtagh’s insurance declined to cover the cost, between $1,500 and $2,000, she got the drug from Canada, bringing it down to $500 a month; that was still expensive for her, but once she saw how happy her daughter became, forgoing the drug was not an option. If necessary, Murtagh’s parents would have mortgaged their house to pay for it.
With her parents’ support, Trinity socially transitioned when she was four years old. Neal was thrilled to see the light return to her child’s eyes, but the next year, when Trinity entered kindergarten, her new school refused to accept her as a girl. “I went to the teacher and the principal,” Neal says. “I didn’t know then that I should have gone to the superintendent, but even so, there were no laws on the book protecting transgender rights.
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