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Aysha Prather @alprather.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

In Oklahoma, Republican legislators banned trans students from school bathrooms, banned trans girls from school sports, and blackmailed OU Children's into closing the adolescent gender-affirming care clinic in 2022. The next year, our one specialist pediatric endocrinologist left the state.

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Aysha Prather @alprather.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

So did many families with trans kids. Some other stuff happened in between, but it's been so relentless it's hard to remember what happened when. This year, the legislature passed a bill prohibiting state funds to be spent on GAC for trans folks of any age.

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Aysha Prather @alprather.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

They said it was narrowly targeted at Medicaid, but in practice, if you get health insurance through your state employer (including state universities)--even though it's part of your compensation and you pay the full share for your dependents, GAC is no longer in your policy.

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