The Struggle of Trans Rights in Missouri: A Recap.

Missouri lawmakers have introduced 48 bills targeting LGBTQ rights this year, with nearly half of those restricting trans rights. The state's only multidisciplinary clinic for trans adolescents, the Transgender Center at the St. Louis Children's Hospital, is under investigation for allegedly harming children by not conducting thorough mental health assessments before providing patients puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy. More than a dozen parents with trans children in the state described the resulting climate as hostile, with one parent calling it a "dystopian nightmare" and another saying they've been "living with harassment every day."