CBS Features Ark. Teen Trans Who Fears Losing Access to Testosterone Injections

DOKOUPIL A law banning ░░░░░░░░ for transgender youth including ░░░░░░░░ sex hormones and so ░░░░░░░░ puberty blockers is set ░░░░░░░░ take effect next month ░░░░░░░░ Arkansas and that state ░░░░░░░░ the first to enact ░░░░░░░░ a measure The Justice ░░░░░░░░ is now challenging the ░░░░░░░░ and argues it violates ░░░░░░░░ equal protection clause of ░░░░░░░░ 14th Amendment Republican governor ░░░░░░░░ Hutchinson meanwhile vetoed the ░░░░░░░░ back in April but ░░░░░░░░ GOP controlled House and ░░░░░░░░ voted to override that ░░░░░░░░ In a new episode ░░░░░░░░ 60 Minutes correspondent Seth ░░░░░░░░ spoke with one teenager ░░░░░░░░ the center of a ░░░░░░░░ legal battle over the ░░░░░░░░ in Arkansas Clip starts ░░░░░░░░ voice over Dylan Brandt ░░░░░░░░ legally changed his first ░░░░░░░░ last year is now ░░░░░░░░ plaintiff in a lawsuit ░░░░░░░░ with three other transgender ░░░░░░░░ their families and two ░░░░░░░░ filed by the American ░░░░░░░░ Liberties Union The suit ░░░░░░░░ issue with Arkansas House ░░░░░░░░ 1570 first passed in ░░░░░░░░ which bans for minors ░░░░░░░░ s known as gender ░░░░░░░░ medical care which helps ░░░░░░░░ transgender person with their ░░░░░░░░ transition BRANDT I m ░░░░░░░░ testosterone and I ve ░░░░░░░░ on that for ten ░░░░░░░░ DOANE You lose that ░░░░░░░░ this law goes into ░░░░░░░░ BRANDT Yes Yes DOANE ░░░░░░░░ do you think about ░░░░░░░░ BRANDT It s horrible ░░░░░░░░ was really insecure with ░░░░░░░░ and not happy before ░░░░░░░░ I had a lot ░░░░░░░░ depression It was really ░░░░░░░░ DOANE voice over Brandt ░░░░░░░░ one of the roughly ░░░░░░░░ of U S high ░░░░░░░░ who identify as trans ░░░░░░░░ his little brother by ░░░░░░░░ side as he began ░░░░░░░░ at 13 he chronicled ░░░░░░░░ of it on TikTok ░░░░░░░░ his family gave us ░░░░░░░░ to show He went ░░░░░░░░ long blonde hair to ░░░░░░░░ more masculine With psychological ░░░░░░░░ and under supervision from ░░░░░░░░ pediatrician he started taking ░░░░░░░░ sex hormones by injecting ░░░░░░░░ BRANDT My name is ░░░░░░░░ This is my voice ░░░░░░░░ month on T This ░░░░░░░░ my voice two months ░░░░░░░░ T DOANE voice over ░░░░░░░░ as his voice dropped ░░░░░░░░ This is my voice ░░░░░░░░ months on testosterone Clip ░░░░░░░░ DOKOUPIL And nationwide more ░░░░░░░░ 30 bills would restrict ░░░░░░░░ access of trans kids ░░░░░░░░ gender affirming medical care ░░░░░░░░ bills have been introduced ░░░░░░░░ year alone Seth Doane ░░░░░░░░ us now from Athens ░░░░░░░░ not Arkansas more on ░░░░░░░░ in a second but ░░░░░░░░ important story here Seth ░░░░░░░░ morning to you This ░░░░░░░░ lawsuit could that affect ░░░░░░░░ Arkansas law going into ░░░░░░░░ in July DOANE Yes ░░░░░░░░ good morning They are ░░░░░░░░ an injunction and they ░░░░░░░░ it really depends on ░░░░░░░░ the judge says But ░░░░░░░░ hope to block that ░░░░░░░░ from going into effect ░░░░░░░░ as you noted in ░░░░░░░░ intro into our story ░░░░░░░░ got a little boost ░░░░░░░░ last week from the ░░░░░░░░ of Justice which issued ░░░░░░░░ statement of interest supporting ░░░░░░░░ ACLU lawsuit but it ░░░░░░░░ depends on what the ░░░░░░░░ says The ACLU we ░░░░░░░░ with Chase Strangio who ░░░░░░░░ one of the lawyers ░░░░░░░░ will be arguing this ░░░░░░░░ and he says he ░░░░░░░░ it is clearly unconstitutional ░░░░░░░░ instance someone who is ░░░░░░░░ transgender a young person ░░░░░░░░ through puberty too early ░░░░░░░░ take a puberty blocker ░░░░░░░░ a transgender person in ░░░░░░░░ state of Arkansas after ░░░░░░░░ law goes into effect ░░░░░░░░ July could not So ░░░░░░░░ said it s clearly ░░░░░░░░ against a certain group ░░░░░░░░ people DOKOUPIL It s ░░░░░░░░ but how might this ░░░░░░░░ or how has this ░░░░░░░░ affected trans youth so ░░░░░░░░ DOANE Well you saw ░░░░░░░░ Brandt He s the ░░░░░░░░ character the person who ░░░░░░░░ one of the four ░░░░░░░░ youth who are behind ░░░░░░░░ lawsuit along with two ░░░░░░░░ and the families of ░░░░░░░░ transgender youth Dylan took ░░░░░░░░ through his experience of ░░░░░░░░ a psychological journey for ░░░░░░░░ long time of just ░░░░░░░░ like he was not ░░░░░░░░ his own skin Doctors ░░░░░░░░ this can that his ░░░░░░░░ didn t match his ░░░░░░░░ Doctors say these feelings ░░░░░░░░ happen as young as ░░░░░░░░ to 5 years old ░░░░░░░░ then working with doctors ░░░░░░░░ gender affirming care can ░░░░░░░░ a little bit later.”