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California’s New Gender-Affirming Laws

Wednesday, January 2, 2019 | Sacramento, CA
Bert Johnson / Capital Public Radio

Pixie Pearl with the Sacramento LGBT Community Center

Bert Johnson / Capital Public Radio

In 2018, two new laws were approved that extend services for trans and nonbinary Californians: SB 179 adds a nonbinary gender option to state-issued IDs and AB 2119 requires that trans foster youth are given access to gender-affirming health care.

Pixie Pearl of the Sacramento LGBT Community Center joins us to talk about these new laws and what they mean for the trans and nonbinary community.

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