Families with transgender children seek refuge in Minnesota
Louie Bullock was 17 years old when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the state to investigate families with children receiving gender-affirming care for child abuse. Bullock, who is non-binary, said that’s when they knew their home in a small town outside of Austin was no longer safe.
“There had been moments where I would just cry,” Bullock said. “I’d be so scared about what was going on. My safety was on the line. My family’s safety was on the line. It was a surreal experience. It really felt like we weren’t being looked at as people who have feelings.”
Last year, Bullock, their mother and their three siblings moved to Rochester.
Bullock, now 19, said the situation in Texas stirred up anti-trans sentiment — so they got out while they could. Bullock’s mother, Catherine Mattijetz, said she was hearing from trans friends who were being verbally and physically assaulted. One friend, she said, was hit by a car.
Nationally, right-wing attacks on transgender people have skyrocketed: At a recent conservative political conference, Daily Wire host Michael Knowles said “transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely.”
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