Peppermint

And we're not really acknowledging the circumstances that can get them killed.

And a lot of times the murders are at the hands of people in the community, people in their local communities, wherever they live.

who are their romantic partners or boyfriends or people who they're engaged in sex work with, you know?

Yeah.

And beyond that, then...

trans women will sometimes have a really dangerous interaction with law enforcement and the police.

And what my fear is that this new sweep, this new sort of like emboldening of ICE and placing trans people on the terror watch list or whatever they're doing will really impact people when they have interactions with law enforcement that can be even more dangerous and more deadly.

And so it's a mess.

It's a mess.

Yes.

I think a lot of this really does fall down to obviously fear.

And I watch plenty of interviews and hear people talking about like their opinions about trans kids or transgender people in general and the influence and influence of the community on someone who they think could become trans.

And the fear in their voice, it seems as though they're expressing a fear that that child could become trans or could become gay or could be influenced into being something that they are not.

And then beyond that, I hear a lot of people advocating

and saying, well, you know, you shouldn't get surgery because if you do, you shouldn't have, you know, you shouldn't have gender-forming care because if you do, what if you want to change your mind?

What if in 10 years?

What if in 100 years?

What if in a million years?

And I understand that perspective.

I also know that there are people who do, parents and guardians or adults who do