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Trans kids fear Alabama laws targeting medicine, bathrooms

In an undated photo provided by Jeff Walker, Robert, Jeff, Lisa and Harleigh Walker are shown. The family has been fighting Alabama legislation that would ban gender-affirming medications for trans youth under 19 and another bill that would prohibit trans students to use K-12 bathrooms that correspond with their original birth certificate and not their gender identity. Harleigh Walker, 15, spent her spring break trying unsuccessfully to persuade members of the state House and Senate to reject legislation banning gender-affirming medications for transgender kids like her. Alabama lawmakers passed the measure April 7, and Gov. Kay Ivey signed it into law on Friday. (Jeff Walker via AP) In a photo provided by Jeff Walker, he and his daughter Harleigh of Auburn, Ala., stand outside the White House on March 31, 2022, in Washington, where they were guests for Transgender Day of Visibility. Ninth grader Harleigh Walker, 15, spent her spring break trying unsuccessfully to persuade members of the state House and Senate to reject legislation banning gender-affirming medications for transgender kids like her under 19. Alabama lawmakers passed the measure April 7, and Gov. Kay Ivey signed it into law on Friday. (Courtesy of Jeff Walker via AP) In a photo provided by Jeff Walker, 15-year-old Harleigh Walker of Auburn, Ala., is seen during a family vacation. Harleigh Walker would lose access to gender-affirming medications under a 2022 proposal in the Alabama Legislature that would outlaw puberty blockers and hormone treatments for trans youth under 19. Walker and her father have urged lawmakers to reject the legislation. (Jeff Walker via AP)