Mia Wong

And they don't like,

There's a story in investigating this that really stood out to me, and it was from a pharmacy intern, basically, someone who's been studying to be a pharmacist and did a, you know, a stint, a training stint in a Catholic hospital right before the bishop's ban hit.

and said that they were doing at least one gender-affirming procedure a week.

Jesus Christ.

A week.

And that actually, you know, this was someone who had dealt with religious institutions before and had not had great experiences and was actually heading into this, you know, kind of this 12-week extent expecting to have to deal with, you know, the problems of being a trans person with a religious institution.

Mm-hmm.

I actually said, no, this particular hospital, the folks who work there were super pro-trans, super accepting.

They were actively providing trans care and mentioned even because it was a rural area.

And that's that alone.

There was, you know, a gender affirming care procedure most weeks should be a reminder that a lot of trans people also don't live in major cities.

They live in smaller cities.

They live in small towns, rural areas, even by a mile, actually.

The region of the U.S.

with the largest trans population is the South.

And the Midwest is very closely tied with the West, which includes the West Coast, for second.

So they mentioned that there was a sense amongst the staff, like, look, if you're in L.A., okay, there's a bunch of Catholic hostels, there's a bunch of other ones, too.

Mm-hmm.

So the people seeking out Catholic hospitals may be a bit more conservative.

There are more likely to be other alternatives now.