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"If this bill becomes law, that, senators, is child abuse," said Amber Briggle, the mother of a trans 13-year-old.
"I can also sit here and say, 'Thank you.' Because without them, and without "The Bachelor" franchise, I don't know that this would have ever came out," the former NFL player said.
Trans people are more likely to live in temporary housing — hotels, rooms for rent or staying with friends and family — situations which can quickly decline to homelessness.
One in five transgender individuals have experienced homelessness at some point in their lives, according to the National Center for Transgender Equality. Now a nonprofit based in Memphis is on a mission to reverse the troubling statistic. Adriana Diaz shows how members of My Sistah's House are providing permanent housing to some of those most at risk, one tiny build at a time.
More than 75 bills have been introduced by legislators that target transgender youth. Advocates warn the bills are a "terrifying reinforcement of the most damaging messages that...they don't belong."
Arkansas just passed a controversial law that criminalizes gender-affirming medical treatment for trans youth.
Activist and cultural organizer Raquel Willis joined CBSN to discuss Arkansas' controversial new law making it illegal to provide gender-affirming medical care to transgender youth.
The updated policies come on Trans Day of Visibility.
"We support trans lives and we are passionate and committed to broadening our representation in a galaxy far far [a]way," Star Wars posted on Instagram.
"Sports have become another avenue to attack the rights of trans people," the soccer star said.
