The Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of upholding Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth. With this ruling, the court opens the door for more states to cut off life-saving medical care — care that is backed by every major medical association, and that has been shown to unequivocally improve the health and well-being of gender diverse, transgender and nonbinary youth. As dissenting Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned, this puts transgender youth and their families at the mercy of political whims.

This issue hits especially close to home for me, as almost exactly a year ago my younger sister came out as transgender.

Watching her grow into herself has been such a joy — from painting her nails for the first time and texting TikTok makeup tutorials back and forth to giving her advice as she navigates online dating and teaching her to style her new, long hair. When I was younger, I always wished for a sister. I just didn’t realize it meant that one day I’d have to share my mom’s jewelry and handbag collection (something I’m still coming to terms with).

But........

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