The mother of a transgender girl sobbed in federal court Wednesday as she contemplated having to move away from her Navy officer husband to get health care for her 12-year-old if Florida’s ban on gender dysphoria treatments for minors is allowed to take affect.

The woman, who testified as Jane Doe to protect the identity of her child, said her daughter went from being anxious and upset to a thriving, happy straight-A student after being allowed to live as a girl about eight years ago, a decision she made with her husband after multiple visits to their family’s doctor.

But as the girl approaches puberty, she fears she will start turning into a boy. Without treatment, she and her family will be devasted, the mother said.

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    9 months ago

    parents to think that means more than it does

    I was playing Wonder Woman in the schoolyard as Wonder Woman. The guys beat me up so I mostly ran with girls. At 50 I learned to wear women’s clothes because they fit my skinny ass. I wore pink Oxfords to the office, way before it was cool.

    And on the Kinsey scale, I’m so far to the hetero side it’s laughable. 50+ lovers, all women. Well, one time I let a dude suck my dick because it was a 3-some and I wanted to fuck his green haired gf. Got her all turned on!

    (Serious clothing tip for my skinny boys! I look sharp as hell in a woman’s hoodie, jacket, whatever. Woman’s clothes cut in at the waist, fucking fit looking! Just got a Christmas gift from my company, picked a woman’s jacket in my size. Wife about fainted, couldn’t keep her hands off me.)