Liz waited 14 hours along with more than 400 other people at the Texas Capitol to testify against a bill that would restrict access to transgender gender-affirming care to minors – only to get turned away when the clock struck midnight.
Her reason for waiting: her daughter, Cal. A nine-year old little girl who loves playing with her brother, Collin, pointing out her favorite countries on the world map and snuggling up with the family dog, Jax.
“They (the legislators) need to face these faces that they are hurting and see the emotions and the pain that we are going through,” Liz said. “People are up there begging for their humanity, and they just sit there and smile; they don’t care at all.”
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